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Birthday March 29, 1903

• The temperature on March 29, 1903 was between 6.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (79%). 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 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • 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 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Bill Aston, English race car driver († 1974)
• 1900 » John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia († 1980)
• 1902 » Don Miller, American football player and coach († 1979)
• 1902 » Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1902 » William Walton, English composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 1999)