FutureHistory » Joanna Maria Bal (1903-)

Birthday January 2, 1903

• The temperature on January 2, 1903 was between 1.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °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.
  • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • 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

• 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
• 1902 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 2007)
• 1903 » Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person
• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)