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Birthday July 8, 1902

• The temperature on July 8, 1902 was between 11.8 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (65%). 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 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • 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 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Melville Ruick, American actor († 1972)
• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)
• 1904 » Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic († 2008)
• 1905 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director († 1997)
• 1906 » Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place († 2005)
• 1907 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan († 1995)