Family tree Van Rumpt » Neeltje Luijendijk (1902-)

Birthday March 28, 1902

• The temperature on March 28, 1902 was between 4.9 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °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.
  • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • 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 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Gussie Busch, American businessman († 1989)
• 1900 » Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator († 2004)
• 1902 » Flora Robson, English actress († 1984)
• 1902 » Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech fiddler and composer († 1988)
• 1903 » Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator († 1991)
• 1904 » Isabel Cuchí Coll, Puerto Rican author and journalist († 1993)