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Birthday July 21, 1903

• The temperature on July 21, 1903 was between 10.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (65%). 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
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
  • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1899 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1899 » Hart Crane, American poet († 1932)
• 1900 » Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent († 1980)
• 1903 » Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman († 2010)
• 1903 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist († 1986)