About the day » Wednesday November 18, 1903Calender converter

• Arinda Mayrink Raulino, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1996)
• Anthonis Nicolaas Knijnenburg, Wassenaar († 1968)
• America Irene WOOLDRIDGE
• Anna Margaretha Orbon, Kessel († 1992)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Mols, Dongen, Nederland († 1981)
• AGNES - LOUISE DHALLUIN, Comines, 59560 († 1959)
• Alida Geertruida KAPTEIJN, Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth († 1904)
• Arend Arjen BOONSTRA, Woudsend, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Gerhardus Weiss, Amsterdam († 1987)
• Anna Maria van Iersel, Rotterdam

• Aagje Pieterdr Kant (87), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland
• Aagje Jaski (68), Den Helder
• Andrieke Beerda (1), Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Christina Johanna van der Kroft (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Oscar" Joseph Marie Pycke de Peteghem (80), Wortegem-Petegem, Belgique
• Bastiaan Beeke (1), Kapelle
• Aaltje Klaasen Gort (63), Gorinchem
• Aaltje Klaas Gort (63), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berta Auguste Elfriede OBERHOFF (0), Wermelskirchen (D)
• Anna Menalda van Schouwenburg (67), Deventer

• 1901 » Craig Wood, American golfer († 1968)
• 1901 » George Gallup, American statistician and academic († 1984)
• 1901 » V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1902 » Franklin Adreon, American film and television director († 1979)
• 1904 » Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1983)
• 1904 » Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist († 1978)
• 1906 » Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car († 1988)
• 1906 » George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1906 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic († 1949)
• 1906 » Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet († 1954)

• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• 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.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The temperature on November 18, 1903 was between -2.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (49%).