Dick Nijborg's genealogical file » Luitje Broer (1903-)

Birthday January 13, 1903

• The temperature on January 13, 1903 was between -5.9 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (76%). 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.
  • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
  • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian († 1991)
• 1901 » Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian († 1978)
• 1902 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle († 1985)
• 1904 » Dick Rowley, Irish footballer, centre forward († 1984)
• 1904 » Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer († 1992)
• 1904 » Richard Addinsell, English composer († 1977)