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May 23, 1903Died on Sunday May 24, 1903
- Anna Cornelia Simons, Hoogstraten, België
- Aukjen Sietzes Haarsma Haarsma (83), Smallingerland
- Aukje Klazes Slijt (31), Sint Annaparochie
- Barbara Meens (71), Munstergeleen
- Antonia Boere (30), Rotterdam, Nederland
- Adriaan Bax (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Aukje Sietzes Haarsma (83), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
- Aukjen Sytzes Haarsma (83), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
- Cora B. Ellis (28), Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
- Adriana Maria Kin (81), Baarle-Nassau
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 24, 1903 at Delpher
Born on May 24
- 1899 » Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter († 1984)
- 1899 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player († 1938)
- 1900 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter († 1984)
- 1901 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 1968)
- 1902 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician († 1954)
- 1902 » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor († 2004)
- 1905 » George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect († 1990)
- 1905 » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
- 1909 » Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician († 1992)
- 1910 » Jimmy Demaret, American golfer († 1983)
Died on May 24
- 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
- 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
- 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
- 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
- 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
- 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
- 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
- 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
- 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
- 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
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.
- February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
- April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
- June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
- June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
- August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
- December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
The weather on Sunday May 24, 1903
The temperature on May 24, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 16.0 hours of sunshine (99%).
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI