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Birthday July 25, 1903

• The temperature on July 25, 1903 was between 11.7 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • 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.
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Lila Lee, American actress and singer († 1973)
• 1901 » Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian physician and Righteous Among the Nations (d.1982)
• 1901 » Ruth Krauss, American author and poet († 1993)
• 1902 » Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author († 1983)
• 1905 » Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1905 » Georges Grignard, French race car driver († 1977)