Family tree familie Eilders » Lucy Humphrey (1903-)

Birthday September 6, 1903

• The temperature on September 6, 1903 was between 12.0 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). 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 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Billy Rose, American composer and manager († 1966)
• 1900 » Julien Green, French-American author († 1998)
• 1900 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia († 1979)
• 1906 » Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1908 » Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic († 1995)
• 1908 » Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial († 1982)