Family tree Jacobs » Stephanus Hendrikus van Wasbeek (1903-)

Birthday May 15, 1903

• The temperature on May 15, 1903 was between 9.4 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1901 » Xavier Herbert, Australian author († 1984)
• 1902 » Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago († 1976)
• 1902 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin († 1937)
• 1903 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist († 1998)
• 1904 » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author († 1999)