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Birthday June 6, 1903

• The temperature on June 6, 1903 was between 9.5 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 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.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician († 1957)
• 1901 » Jan Struther, English author and hymnwriter († 1953)
• 1901 » Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia († 1970)
• 1902 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader († 1947)
• 1903 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor († 1978)
• 1903 » Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist, well-known bible teacher and preacher († 2000)