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Birthday July 3, 1903

• The temperature on July 3, 1903 was between 13.1 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). 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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • 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

• 1898 » Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1982)
• 1900 » Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer († 1953)
• 1903 » Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1992)
• 1905 » Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach († 2006)
• 1906 » George Sanders, Russian-born British actor († 1972)