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Birthday September 12, 1903

• The temperature on September 12, 1903 was between 6.8 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (46%). 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.
  • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
  • 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 » Shmuel Horowitz, Israeli agronomist and academic († 1999)
• 1902 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil († 1976)
• 1902 » Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet and author († 1982)
• 1904 » István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent († 1942)
• 1904 » John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian († 1967)
• 1904 » Lou Moore, American race car driver († 1956)