Family tree Van Veen en Willemse » Jacoba Pieternella van Roon (1903-)

Birthday November 24, 1903

• The temperature on November 24, 1903 was between 4.2 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °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 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
  • 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.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, English tennis player († 1953)
• 1897 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss († 1962)
• 1899 » Ward Morehouse, American author, playwright, and critic († 1966)
• 1904 » Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon († 1988)
• 1908 » Libertad Lamarque, Argentinian actress and singer († 2000)
• 1910 » Larry Siemering, American football player and coach († 2009)