Family tree Jacobs » Cornelius van Sprundel (1903-)

Birthday May 16, 1903

• The temperature on May 16, 1903 was between 6.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). 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.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer († 1992)
• 1905 » Henry Fonda, American actor († 1982)
• 1906 » Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator († 1988)
• 1906 » Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author († 2001)
• 1906 » Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer († 1991)
• 1906 » Margret Rey, German author and illustrator († 1996)