Family tree Van Henbergen-Olivier » Hilleke van Stijn (1902-)

Birthday December 1, 1902

• The temperature on December 1, 1902 was between 0.8 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.6 °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.
  • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer († 1977)
• 1898 » Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba († 1977)
• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)
• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)
• 1905 » Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach († 1994)