Genealogy Visser, van der Horst, Baas, van Steenis » Jacobus Johannes van Velzen (1903-)

Birthday July 11, 1903

• The temperature on July 11, 1903 was between 11.8 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). 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.
  • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
  • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)
• 1903 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter († 1976)
• 1904 » Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1972)
• 1905 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician († 1952)
• 1906 » Harry von Zell, American actor and announcer († 1981)