About the day » Thursday December 18, 1902Calender converter

• Adriana Johanna Bruin, Oude Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Henri Struiken Boudier, Wemeldinge
• Albert van Veen, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina Roelands († 1995)
• Aiko Beukema \ Boukema, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Kleiren, Alphen en Riel († 1971)
• Adriana Alida Bruin, Oude-Niedorp, Nederland († 1975)
• Albert Bult, Albany, Albany, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Adriana Maria Kleiren, Alphen en Riel († 1971)
• Aaron Abraham Fresco, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1984)

• Adriana Cornela Antonia De Jong (0), Delft
• Abraham Willem van Kluijve (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aartje Roelofs VELDHUIZEN (74), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alle Jans Nicolai (85), Munnekezijl, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Iersel van (93), Baardwijk
• Abraham Willem van Kluijve (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Adriana van Iersel (72), Baardwijk
• Aartje Veldhuizen (74), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Benner (76), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Cornelia Kopmels (17), ,,, Goes

• 1896 » Gerald Barry, English colonel and cricketer († 1977)
• 1897 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1899 » Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author († 1990)
• 1904 » George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1975)
• 1907 » Bill Holland, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1907 » Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist and educator († 2009)
• 1908 » Celia Johnson, English actress († 1982)
• 1908 » Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer († 1969)
• 1910 » Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire († 2010)

• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
• April 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
• May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on December 18, 1902 was between 2.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C.