Eijsermans family tree » Joseph Jacobus Henricus Schenkels (1902-)

Birthday September 5, 1902

• The temperature on September 5, 1902 was between 11.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1901 » Florence Eldridge, American actress († 1988)
• 1901 » Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy († 1991)
• 1902 » Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1902 » Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist († 1998)
• 1904 » Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator († 2004)