FutureHistory » Karel Lodewijk de Clercq (1902-)

Birthday July 22, 1902

• The temperature on July 22, 1902 was between 10.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). 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.
  • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
  • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • 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 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1976)
• 1898 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1943)
• 1899 » Sobhuza II of Swaziland († 1982)
• 1908 » Amy Vanderbilt, American author († 1974)
• 1909 » Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver († 2000)
• 1909 » Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress († 2014)