Family tree Jonker » Klaaske Straatsma (1903-)

Birthday July 7, 1903

• The temperature on July 7, 1903 was between 9.0 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °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.
  • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
  • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer († 1970)
• 1901 » Sam Katzman, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1901 » Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director († 1974)
• 1902 » Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1904 » Simone Beck, French chef and author († 1991)
• 1905 » Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician († 1972)