Kennedy Family Tree » Fred Vinton Deacon (1903-)

Birthday March 8, 1903

• The temperature on March 8, 1903 was between -1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). 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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
• 1909 » Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer († 1990)