Family tree Gob » Joséphine Clothilde Emilie CRETTELS (1903-)

Birthday July 8, 1903

• The temperature on July 8, 1903 was between 8.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Melville Ruick, American actor († 1972)
• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)
• 1904 » Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic († 2008)
• 1905 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director († 1997)
• 1906 » Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place († 2005)
• 1907 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan († 1995)