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Birthday September 5, 1903

• The temperature on September 5, 1903 was between 16.2 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (28%). 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).
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
  • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Florence Eldridge, American actress († 1988)
• 1901 » Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy († 1991)
• 1902 » Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1902 » Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist († 1998)
• 1904 » Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator († 2004)
• 1905 » Maurice Challe, French general († 1979)