FutureHistory » Elisabeth Philippina de Cock (1902-)

Birthday January 22, 1902

• The temperature on January 22, 1902 was between 7.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °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.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
  • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
  • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
  • 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

• 1899 » Martti Haavio, Finnish poet and mythologist († 1973)
• 1900 » Ernst Busch, German actor and singer († 1980)
• 1902 » Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler, coach, and academic († 1970)
• 1903 » Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1904 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author († 1941)
• 1904 » George Balanchine, Georgian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1983)