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Birthday November 28, 1903

• The temperature on November 28, 1903 was between 3.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °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.
  • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
  • 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.
  • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
  • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter († 1985)
• 1903 » Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress († 2012)
• 1904 » James Eastland, American planter and politician († 1986)
• 1904 » Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author († 1973)
• 1906 » Henry Picard, American golfer († 1997)
• 1907 » Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator († 2007)