Bron Burgerlijke stand - Geboorte Archieflocatie Historisch Archief Westland Algemeen Gemeente: Naaldwijk Soort akte: Geboorteakte Aktenummer: 5 Aangiftedatum: 07-01-1903 Kind Maartje van der Lee Geboortedatum: 06-01-1903 Vader Gerrit van der Lee Moeder Cornelia Kuijvenhoven
January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of death September 17, 1918
The temperature on September 17, 1918 was between 13.1 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
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