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Birthday September 21, 1902

• The temperature on September 21, 1902 was between 4.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (62%). 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.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
  • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • 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

• 1899 » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army († 1986)
• 1902 » Allen Lane, English publisher, founded Penguin Books († 1970)
• 1902 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player († 1937)
• 1902 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic († 1963)
• 1903 » Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan († 1956)
• 1904 » Hans Hartung, German-French painter († 1989)