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Birthday April 13, 1903

• The temperature on April 13, 1903 was between -1.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (30%). 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.
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • 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 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan († 1988)
• 1901 » Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1981)
• 1902 » Marguerite Henry, American author († 1997)
• 1902 » Philippe de Rothschild, French Grand Prix driver, playwright, and producer († 1988)
• 1904 » David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1987)
• 1905 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey († 1964)