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Birthday March 4, 1903

• The temperature on March 4, 1903 was between 2.4 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.1 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.
  • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Rachel Messerer, Lithuanian-Russian actress († 1993)
• 1902 » Russell Reeder, American soldier and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1903 » John Scarne, American magician and author († 1985)
• 1903 » Malcolm Dole, American chemist and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » William C. Boyd, American immunologist and chemist († 1983)