About the day » Thursday July 24, 1902Calender converter

• Alida van der Burg, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Rook, Barsbeek (Vollenhove, Ambt) († 1984)
• Ambrose D Hoover († 1966)
• Adriana Stam, Capelle aan de IJssel († 1931)
• Anna Christina Vervoort, Sint-Oedenrode († 1990)
• Ada Gustina Alexandra Kreszner, Amsterdam
• Adriana Johanna Stam, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland († 1931)
• Albertus Borgers, Ede
• Aaltjen Rook, Vollenhove, Ambt († 1984)
• Aaltjen Peters Rook, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1984)

• Albertus van de Zand (75), Duiven
• Aalt van den Born (59), Zwartebroek
• Aaltje Snijder (0), Paterswolde (Gem. Eelde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anonymus van Heeswijk (0), Tilburg
• Aaltje Kuik (54), Ruinen
• Clasina Petronella Boer den (40), Nijmegen
• Aart van Herreveld (65), Tiel (Gelderland)
• Cornelis Donkervoort (58), Driebergen, Nederland
• Alberdina Margaretha Tiggers (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Ouwerkerk (0), Leiden

• 1895 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic († 1985)
• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet († 1948)
• 1904 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer († 1977)
• 1904 » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)
• 1909 » John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2010)
• 1910 » Harry Horner, American director and production designer († 1994)
• 1912 » Essie Summers, New Zealand author († 1998)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

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.
• January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
• August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
• November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
• December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

The temperature on July 24, 1902 was between 4.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%).