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Birthday July 10, 1903

• The temperature on July 10, 1903 was between 9.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). 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 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
  • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1902 » Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist († 1989)
• 1903 » John Wyndham, English soldier and author († 1969)
• 1903 » Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist († 1989)
• 1904 » Lili Damita, French-American actress († 1994)
• 1905 » Mildred Benson, American journalist and author († 2002)