Family tree Menting » Hendrik Jan Lenselink (1902-)

Birthday July 7, 1902

• The temperature on July 7, 1902 was between 7.5 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (77%). 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 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
  • 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 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Earle E. Partridge, American general († 1990)
• 1900 » Maria Bard, German stage and silent film actress († 1944)
• 1901 » Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer († 1970)
• 1901 » Sam Katzman, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1901 » Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director († 1974)
• 1902 » Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and manager († 2005)