Family tree Weening » Jan Gerrit Vuist (1903-)

Birthday March 29, 1903

• The temperature on March 29, 1903 was between 6.6 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (79%). 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 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Bill Aston, English race car driver († 1974)
• 1900 » John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia († 1980)
• 1902 » Don Miller, American football player and coach († 1979)
• 1902 » Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1902 » William Walton, English composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 1999)