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Birthday March 21, 1903

• The temperature on March 21, 1903 was between 6.9 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (42%). 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 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat († 1958)
• 1902 » Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)
• 1904 » Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar († 1999)
• 1904 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author († 1987)
• 1904 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer († 1949)
• 1905 » Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet († 1978)