Family tree Hegeman » Wilhelmina Johanna van Os (1903-)

Birthday February 14, 1903

• The temperature on February 14, 1903 was between 3.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.6 °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 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1898 » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer († 1974)
• 1900 » Jessica Dragonette, American singer († 1980)
• 1903 » Stuart Erwin, American actor († 1967)
• 1905 » Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer († 1969)
• 1907 » Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer († 2003)