About the day » Saturday May 9, 1903Calender converter

• Adriana Cornelia Agnes Maria van Gaalen, Breda († 1990)
• Albertus Joseph EDELINCK, Heist († 1903)
• Aleida GROOTEN, Steenwijksmoer († 1903)
• (onbekend) Hengeveld, Rotterdam († 1903)
• Adrianus Antonie Huijzers, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bippen, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1903)
• Akke Kuperus, Haarlemmermeer († 1976)
• Aimé VERHAEGHE, Werken, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1965)
• Aito Post, Beersterhogen (gem. Oldambt)
• Adriana Cornelia Agnes Maria Van Gaalen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)

• Aaltje Meisner (0), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Hartmans (52), Wijlre, Nederland
• Essers Elizabeth, Oude Pekela
• Anna, Maria Hartmans (52), Elkenrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van den Bergh (59), Utrecht
• (onbekend) Hengeveld (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Hartmans (52), Elkenrade, Limburg, Nederland
• van der Kaaij (0), 's Gravenzande
• Archibald Olive (84), Gravel Hill, McNairy County, Tennessee, United States
• de Boer, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1896 » Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator († 1972)
• 1900 » Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress († 1992)
• 1904 » Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator († 1988)
• 1905 » Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist († 1998)
• 1906 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator († 1988)
• 1907 » Baldur von Schirach, German politician († 1974)
• 1907 » Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer († 1978)
• 1907 » Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and author († 1976)
• 1909 » Don Messer, Canadian violinist († 1973)
• 1909 » Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building († 1990)

• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)

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.
• June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
• July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
• September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
• October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on May 9, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (27%).