Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Maria Wilhelmina van der Schoot (1903-)

Birthday October 3, 1903

• The temperature on October 3, 1903 was between 12.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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.
  • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer († 1966)
• 1900 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)
• 1905 » Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey († 1993)
• 1906 » Natalie Savage Carlson, American author († 1997)