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Birthday February 6, 1902

• The temperature on February 6, 1902 was between -3.2 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 6.1 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 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • 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 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director († 1968)
• 1901 » Ben Lyon, American actor († 1979)
• 1902 » George Brunies, American trombonist († 1974)
• 1903 » Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist and composer († 1991)
• 1905 » Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright († 1980)
• 1905 » Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician († 1982)