Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Josephus Antonius Franciscus Wolf (1903-)

Birthday January 19, 1903

• The temperature on January 19, 1903 was between -2.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright († 1975)
• 1905 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1907 » Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman († 2003)
• 1908 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1971)
• 1908 » Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player († 1994)
• 1911 » Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge († 2009)