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Birthday October 13, 1903

• The temperature on October 13, 1903 was between 9.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (53%). 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.
  • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
  • 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).
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Gerald Marks, American composer († 1997)
• 1902 » Arna Bontemps, American librarian, author, and poet († 1973)
• 1902 » Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host († 1978)
• 1905 » Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1905 » Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter († 1987)