Family tree Schook » Johannes Petrus Cornelis van Hoorn (1903-< 1986)

Birthday June 25, 1903

• The temperature on June 25, 1903 was between 8.2 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). 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.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • 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 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
  • 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 » Marta Abba, Italian actress († 1988)
• 1901 » Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City († 1974)
• 1902 » Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan († 1953)
• 1903 » Anne Revere, American actress († 1990)
• 1903 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic († 1976)