Family tree De Backer - Evers » Maria Cornelius August van Briel (1903-)

Birthday May 30, 1903

• The temperature on May 30, 1903 was between 13.5 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (92%). 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.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
  • 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

• 1899 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer († 1936)
• 1901 » Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer († 1969)
• 1901 » Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author († 1979)
• 1902 » Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer († 1985)
• 1903 » Countee Cullen, American poet and author († 1946)
• 1906 » Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author († 1959)