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Birthday August 8, 1903

• The temperature on August 8, 1903 was between 6.9 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (100%). 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.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Marguerite Bise, French chef († 1965)
• 1901 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1902 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1904 » Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
• 1905 » André Jolivet, French composer († 1974)
• 1907 » Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer († 2003)