Descendants Dengerink of Dingerink » Hendrikus Johannes Jonker (1903-)

Birthday September 3, 1903

• The temperature on September 3, 1903 was between 10.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (35%). 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.
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1900 » Percy Chapman, English cricketer († 1961)
• 1900 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland († 1986)
• 1901 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor († 1959)
• 1905 » Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1905 » John Mills, New Zealand cricketer († 1972)