Geboorte op 11 mei 1903 te Meerenbroek = Vader Richard van Haaren, 37 jaar oud, landbouwer van beroep Moeder Grada Wilhelmina Stapelbroek, zonder beroep = Kind (mannelijk) Robert Wilhelm Joseph van Haaren, geboren op 11 mei 1903 te Meerenbroek = Bronvermelding Gelders Archief te Arnhem, BS Geboorte; Wehl, Wehl, archief 207A, inventarisnummer 11147-01, 13-05-1903, Wehl, aktenummer 28
Overlijden op 14 januari 1904 te Meerenbroek (Doetinchem) = Vader Richard van Haaren, landbouwer van beroep Moeder Grada Wilhelmina Stapelbroek = Overledene Robert Wilhelm Joseph van Haaren, 8 maanden oud = Bronvermelding Gelders Archief te Arnhem, BS Overlijden; Burgerlijke stand Gelderland, dubbelen, Meerenbroek (Doetinchem), archief 207, inventarisnummer 8810, 14-01-1904, Wehl, aktenummer 3
January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
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 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death January 14, 1904
The temperature on January 14, 1904 was between 4.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
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