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Birthday November 16, 1903

• The temperature on November 16, 1903 was between 1.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). 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.
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
  • 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 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic († 1951)
• 1899 » Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host († 1976)
• 1900 » Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver († 1994)
• 1904 » Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria († 1996)
• 1905 » Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player († 1973)
• 1907 » Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)