Family tree Van Vlasselaer en aanverwanten » Ferdinand Alice Blendeman (1903-)

Birthday June 22, 1903

• The temperature on June 22, 1903 was between 4.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). 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 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.
  • 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).
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Oskar Fischinger, German-American abstract artist, filmmaker, and painter († 1967)
• 1901 » Elias Katz, Finnish runner and coach († 1947)
• 1902 » Marguerite De La Motte, American actress († 1950)
• 1903 » Carl Hubbell, American baseball player († 1988)
• 1903 » John Dillinger, American criminal († 1934)
• 1906 » William Kneale, English logician and philosopher († 1990)