Family tree Beemer » Margaretha Maria Kragten (1902-)

Birthday July 15, 1902

• The temperature on July 15, 1902 was between 11.0 °C and 29.3 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • 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 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Seán Lemass, Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1971)
• 1902 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission († 1983)
• 1903 » K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1904 » Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author († 2007)
• 1905 » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter († 1974)