About the day » Thursday May 7, 1903Calender converter

• Achterberg, Houten, Nederland († 1903)
• Alida van der Wardt, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1983)
• Alida (Daatje, Zr. Angelina) van der Wardt, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1984)
• Allagonda Reuvers, Willemstad, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Matti, Amby (Maastricht) († 1983)
• de Zeeuw, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Abraham Beversluis, Middelharnis († 1982)
• Albert Jansen, Vriescheloo gem. Bellingwolde († 1903)
• SCHUNCK, Kettenis-Eupen, Province de Liège, Belgique († 1995)
• Abraham Beversluis, Middelharnis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)

• Anna Jacoba Groot (0), Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Kuepers (44), Nederweert
• Aaltje Buijs (0), Weesperkarspel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Fransiscus Korssen (0), Oosterhout
• Adam Trijsselaar (69), Veenhuizen (Norg)
• Aagje Wiel, van der (70), Leimuiden
• Agatha Huisman (61), Texel
• Albert van der Veen (72), Den Velde
• Akke Klazes de Jong (79), tjalleberd
• Antony Raats (65), Steenbergen

• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1901 » Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
• 1903 » Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter († 1988)
• 1904 » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author († 1993)
• 1905 » Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer († 1989)
• 1906 » Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1931)
• 1909 » Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher († 2005)
• 1909 » Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation († 1991)
• 1911 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 1993)

• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)

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.
• 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 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• 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.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

The temperature on May 7, 1903 was between 4.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%).