Family tree Ham » Gerrit Hendrik Jan Ruiters (1902-)

Birthday May 1, 1902

• The temperature on May 1, 1902 was between 3.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%). 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 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
  • 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.
  • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer († 1967)
• 1900 » Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician († 1978)
• 1901 » Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author († 1945)
• 1901 » Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1901 » Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic († 1989)
• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)