Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Agatha Petronella Bodde (1903-)

Birthday November 1, 1903

• The temperature on November 1, 1903 was between 4.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °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.
  • 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.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Eugen Jochum, German conductor († 1987)
• 1902 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright († 1943)
• 1903 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer († 1963)
• 1903 » Max Adrian, Irish-born British actor († 1973)
• 1904 » Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress († 1996)
• 1905 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and educator († 1960)