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Birthday November 4, 1903

• The temperature on November 4, 1903 was between 3.2 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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.
  • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist († 1954)
• 1901 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic († 1974)
• 1904 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic († 1967)
• 1905 » Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator († 2007)
• 1906 » Sterling North, American author and critic († 1974)
• 1908 » Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer († 1997)