Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmus Cornelis van Rooij (1903-)

Birthday October 8, 1903

• The temperature on October 8, 1903 was between 9.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. 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.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • 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 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)
• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)
• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)