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Birthday March 26, 1903

• The temperature on March 26, 1903 was between 9.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.4 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.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer († 1947)
• 1904 » Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1904 » Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author († 1987)
• 1905 » André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director († 1967)
• 1905 » Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer († 2006)
• 1905 » Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist († 1997)