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Birthday October 27, 1903

• The temperature on October 27, 1903 was between 8.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (32%). 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.
  • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  • 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 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
  • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author († 1995)
• 1906 » Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1975)
• 1906 » Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer and educator († 2010)
• 1906 » Peter Blume, Belarusian-American painter and sculptor († 1992)
• 1908 » Lee Krasner, American painter († 1984)
• 1910 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1963)