Lewis family tree » Audrey I Baxendale (1903-)

Birthday May 11, 1903

• The temperature on May 11, 1903 was between 6.0 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)
• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)