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April 22, 1903Born on Thursday April 23, 1903
- Hoek, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
- Ada DYKES
- Adriana Aldegonda Scheij, Vlijmen
- Adriana Antonia Maria Koot, Utrecht
- Adriana Cornelia Kwast, Koog aan de Zaan
- Abraham Cornelis Remmerswaal, 's-Gravenhage
- Adriana Aldegonda Scheij, Vlijmen
- Aaltje Jans van BENTHEM, Leeuwte († 1979)
- Adriana Augusta Ernestina Groenbos, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1984)
- Adriana Voogdt, Overschie
Died on Thursday April 23, 1903
- Alexandrine Marie Godelieve De Groote (19), Potterierei F75, Brugge
- Aaltje Jacobs Meinsma (80), Schoterland Friesland Nederland
- Adrianus Verlaan (79), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
- Aaltje Jacobs Meinsma (80), Jubbega (Friesland)
- Alida Zonderwijk (41), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anthonie Barts Steenbergen (1), Zuidwolde
- Hoek (0), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Haring (0), Den Haag
- Barbara Francisca Packet (76), Merkem
- Adrianus Verlaan (79), Ter Aar
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 23, 1903 at Delpher
Born on April 23
- 1899 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
- 1899 » Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult († 1982)
- 1900 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1959)
- 1900 » Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director († 1996)
- 1901 » E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist († 1988)
- 1902 » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
- 1903 » Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general († 1974)
- 1904 » Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner († 1980)
- 1904 » Duncan Renaldo, American actor († 1985)
- 1904 » Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter († 2001)
Died on April 23
- 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
- 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
- 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
- 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
- 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
- 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
- 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
- 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
- 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
- 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
Names that were popular for boys in 1903
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1903
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Christina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1903
- 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 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
- April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
- 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 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
- December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
The weather on Thursday April 23, 1903