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• Anneke van Lenten, Eierland († 1981)
• Anna Anthonia de Rijk de Rijk, Utrecht
• Alphonsus Henricus Mertens, Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Anna Susanna Margaretha de Jong, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Petrus Graumans, Gilze en Rijen († 1903)
• Adriana Johanna Dams, Zundert († 1999)
• Anna Catharina Mestenmaker, Kopstukken Onstwedde († 1975)
• Anna Anthonia de Rijk, Utrecht
• Akke Reinders STRAATSMA, Dantumadiel Friesland Netherlands
• Achille CAPPELAERE, Watou, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1965)

• Abraham Pols (14), 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Akke Tigchelaar (0), Harlingen
• Anna Hardeman (44), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Duikersloot (81), Vleuten
• Albertus Marinus Kreiken (60)
• Cassa, rotterdam
• Anna Helena SUHLMANN (1), Barger,Compacuum
• adrianus TIMMERS (27), Boxtel
• Agatha Maria Boon (91), 's Gravenhage
• Ale Berkmeijer (80), Groningen

• 1892 » Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician († 1951)
• 1892 » Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter († 1968)
• 1894 » Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author († 1956)
• 1898 » Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author († 1993)
• 1900 » Lucile Godbold, American Olympic athlete († 1981)
• 1901 » Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer († 1983)
• 1908 » Don Ameche, American actor († 1993)
• 1909 » Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player († 2000)
• 1911 » Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1912 » Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist († 1997)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

• 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.
• February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The temperature on May 31, 1903 was between 11.9 °C and 29.4 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 16.4 hours of sunshine (100%).