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Birthday December 16, 1903

• The temperature on December 16, 1903 was between -0.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. 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.
  • 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.
  • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer († 1999)
• 1901 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author († 1978)
• 1902 » Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright († 1999)
• 1903 » Hardie Albright, American actor († 1975)
• 1903 » Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach († 1985)
• 1905 » Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet († 1996)