Family tree Gründemann » Maria Wilhelmina Josephina Clementina Kreijmborg (1902-)

Birthday January 21, 1902

• The temperature on January 21, 1902 was between 7.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. 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.
  • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer († 1994)
• 1900 » Bernhard Rensch, German evolutionary biologist († 1990)
• 1900 » Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director († 1965)
• 1901 » Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1903 » Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter († 1945)
• 1903 » William Lyon, American film editor († 1974)