About the day » Wednesday May 27, 1903Calender converter

• Boex, Eindhoven († 1986)
• Alberdina Hermina Vorschezang († 1976)
• Aleida - Alida Sturre, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1903)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Koot, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Aart Scholten, Gouda
• Adolphe Corneille Kleyn, Anderlecht (bruxelles-Capitale),Brussels Capital Region,Belgique
• Aafke Plantema, Workum († 1996)
• Jantje Abee, Veendam († 1968)
• Adrianus Boerstra, Rotterdam († 1985)
• Adriana van Lange, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antoinetta Louisa van Eeken (78), Tiel
• Arend Berensen (57), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia BROOS (76), Hoeven,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Aalbert van Sas (90), Kerk-Avezaath (Buren)
• Anna Krijna de Rijke (74), Middelburg
• Antony Hasenbos (85), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Vorselaers (0), Tilburg
• Albertus BIJKER (0), Stad Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Christiaan Didden (74), Achel
• Anna Martha Eijkman (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1898 » David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer († 1976)
• 1899 » Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player († 1993)
• 1900 » Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp († 1964)
• 1900 » Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator († 1933)
• 1904 » Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist († 1997)
• 1906 » Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop († 2009)
• 1906 » Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher († 1993)
• 1906 » Harry Hibbs, English footballer († 1984)
• 1907 » Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic († 1988)
• 1907 » Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author († 1964)

• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)
• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)

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.
• February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The temperature on May 27, 1903 was between 9.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%).