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Birthday February 22, 1903

• The temperature on February 22, 1903 was between 5.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. 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.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter († 1966)
• 1900 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer († 1983)
• 1903 » Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1930)
• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)
• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)
• 1907 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)