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Birthday July 10, 1903

• The temperature on July 10, 1903 was between 10.5 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). 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.
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1902 » Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist († 1989)
• 1903 » John Wyndham, English soldier and author († 1969)
• 1903 » Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist († 1989)
• 1904 » Lili Damita, French-American actress († 1994)
• 1905 » Mildred Benson, American journalist and author († 2002)