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Birthday January 12, 1903

• The temperature on January 12, 1903 was between -4.5 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (50%). 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.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Karl Künstler, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1903 » Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney (Morissette v. United States) († 1995)
• 1903 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1904 » Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1905 » James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic († 1997)
• 1905 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher († 1975)