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Birthday May 30, 1902

• The temperature on May 30, 1902 was between 11.1 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). 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.
  • 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.
  • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

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• 1898 » John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator († 1985)
• 1899 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer († 1936)
• 1901 » Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer († 1969)
• 1901 » Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author († 1979)
• 1902 » Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer († 1985)
• 1903 » Countee Cullen, American poet and author († 1946)