Eijsermans family tree » Johanna Dorothea Gruijs (1903-)

Birthday November 18, 1903

• The temperature on November 18, 1903 was between -2.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (49%). 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.
  • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • 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.
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Craig Wood, American golfer († 1968)
• 1901 » George Gallup, American statistician and academic († 1984)
• 1901 » V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1902 » Franklin Adreon, American film and television director († 1979)
• 1904 » Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1983)
• 1904 » Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist († 1978)