Family tree Doddema » Hendrik Jan Hoffman (1905-)

Birthday June 3, 1905

• The temperature on June 3, 1905 was between 13.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
  • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
  • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon († 1950)
• 1904 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor († 1984)
• 1905 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer († 1946)
• 1906 » Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative († 1975)
• 1906 » R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician († 1983)
• 1906 » Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer († 1968)