Stambomen Quist » Maria Jacoba Reijngoudt (1903-)

Birthday October 2, 1903

• The temperature on October 2, 1903 was between 12.3 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). 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.
  • 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.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
  • 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

• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)