Family tree Klavers » Hendrik Lok (1902-)

Birthday March 4, 1902

• The temperature on March 4, 1902 was between -1.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (81%). 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.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
  • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Charles Goren, American bridge player and author († 1991)
• 1901 » Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1901 » Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit († 1986)
• 1902 » Rachel Messerer, Lithuanian-Russian actress († 1993)
• 1902 » Russell Reeder, American soldier and author († 1998)
• 1903 » William C. Boyd, American immunologist and chemist († 1983)