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Birthday October 25, 1903

• The temperature on October 25, 1903 was between 6.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). 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 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
  • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
  • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Carlo Gnocchi, Italian priest, educator and writer († 1956)
• 1902 » Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist († 1933)
• 1902 » Henry Steele Commager, American historian and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist († 1983)
• 1904 » Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1904 » Denny Shute, American golfer († 1974)