Family tree Klavers » Berend Holtjer (1903-)

Birthday October 15, 1903

• The temperature on October 15, 1903 was between 7.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). 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.
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer († 1987)
• 1901 » Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist († 1952)
• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)