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Birthday November 5, 1903

• The temperature on November 5, 1903 was between 0.9 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). 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.
  • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • 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.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • 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

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• 1901 » Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer († 2004)
• 1904 » Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1985)
• 1905 » Joel McCrea, American actor († 1990)
• 1905 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver († 1956)
• 1905 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet († 1973)