Sjöstrand family tree » Sven Joel NILSSON (1903-)

Birthday May 8, 1903

• The temperature on May 8, 1903 was between 3.2 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). 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.
  • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player († 1979)
• 1902 » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Fernandel, French actor and singer († 1971)
• 1903 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator († 1984)
• 1904 » John Snagge, English journalist († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader († 1965)