Eijsermans family tree » Petrus Johannes Frijters (1903-)

Birthday July 17, 1903

• The temperature on July 17, 1903 was between 11.8 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)
• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)
• 1905 » William Gargan, American actor († 1979)