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Birthday November 26, 1902

• The temperature on November 26, 1902 was between -0.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (32%). 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 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.
  • 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.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Anna Maurizio, Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees († 1993)
• 1901 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral († 1953)
• 1902 » Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's († 1971)
• 1903 » Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator († 2014)
• 1904 » Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist († 1991)
• 1904 » K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic († 2011)