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Birthday November 2, 1903

• The temperature on November 2, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. 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".
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • 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

• 1903 » Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1905 » Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright († 1989)
• 1905 » Isabella Smith Andrews, New Zealand writer († 1990)
• 1905 » James Dunn, American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic († 1959)
• 1906 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter († 1976)