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Birthday November 1, 1902

• The temperature on November 1, 1902 was between 6.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °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.
  • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • 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

• 1902 » Eugen Jochum, German conductor († 1987)
• 1902 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright († 1943)
• 1903 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer († 1963)
• 1903 » Max Adrian, Irish-born British actor († 1973)
• 1904 » Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress († 1996)
• 1905 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and educator († 1960)