De bomen van Kreijkes » Johannes de Ruiter (1903-)

Birthday September 28, 1903

• The temperature on September 28, 1903 was between 12.8 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (44%). 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.
  • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
  • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
  • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII († 1951)
• 1901 » Ed Sullivan, American television host († 1974)
• 1901 » William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS († 1990)
• 1903 » Haywood S. Hansell, American general († 1988)
• 1905 » Max Schmeling, German boxer († 2005)
• 1907 » Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician († 1997)