Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » NN Doornenbal (1903)

Birthday July 29, 1903

• The temperature on July 29, 1903 was between 11.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist († 1986)
• 1904 » J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages († 1993)
• 1904 » Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1982)
• 1905 » Clara Bow, American actress († 1965)
• 1905 » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1961)
• 1905 » Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator († 2006)