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Birthday January 11, 1903

• The average temperature on January 11, 1903 was 3.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (40%). 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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
  • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer († 1991)
• 1901 » Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot († 1988)
• 1902 » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer († 1986)
• 1903 » Alan Paton, South African author and activist († 1988)
• 1905 » Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist († 1960)
• 1906 » Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD († 2008)