West-Europese adel » Erik van Reventlow (1903-1944)

Birthday May 21, 1903

• The temperature on May 21, 1903 was between 8.3 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (67%). 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.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • 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.
  • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1974)
• 1902 » Earl Averill, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1902 » Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect and academic, designed the Ameritrust Tower († 1981)
• 1903 » Manly Wade Wellman, American author († 1986)
• 1904 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1943)
• 1904 » Robert Montgomery, American actor and director († 1981)