Van Laarhoven Family tree » Wilhelmus Joannes Versteden (1903-)

Birthday May 16, 1903

• The temperature on May 16, 1903 was between 6.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). 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.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • 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.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer († 1992)
• 1905 » Henry Fonda, American actor († 1982)
• 1906 » Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator († 1988)
• 1906 » Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author († 2001)
• 1906 » Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer († 1991)
• 1906 » Margret Rey, German author and illustrator († 1996)