FutureHistory » Joannes Franciscus (Joannes Franciscus) Pauwels (1903-)

Birthday July 28, 1903

• The temperature on July 28, 1903 was between 13.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). 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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • 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.
  • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Lawrence Gray, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)
• 1901 » Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist († 1986)
• 1902 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter († 1959)
• 1902 » Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic († 1994)
• 1907 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands († 1983)