About the day » Thursday May 7, 1903Calender converter

• Achterberg, Houten, Nederland († 1903)
• Adriana Maria van Kuijk, Geverskop,Harmelen
• Albert Nijkamp, Deventer
• Albert HARTWEG († 1947)
• Anna Elisabeth Matti, Amby (Maastricht) († 1983)
• SCHUNCK, Kettenis-Eupen, Province de Liège, Belgique († 1995)
• Albert Jansen, Vriescheloo gem. Bellingwolde († 1903)
• Albertje Witteveen, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands, Gem. Achtkarspelen († 1943)
• Agnieszka Mrowiec
• Albert Jansen, Vriescheloo Bellingwolde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 1903)

• Anthony Everett (81), Chappel, Essex, England
• Arhon van Ameringen (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Buijs (0), Weesperkarspel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Gerrits Huisman (61), Texel
• Antony Raats (65), Steenbergen
• Akke Klazes de Jong (79), Tjalleberd, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• de Zeeuw (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Trijselaar (69), Veenhuizen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Allen Kemble (76), Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Aloise Lippens (23), Kaprijke

• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1901 » Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
• 1903 » Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter († 1988)
• 1904 » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author († 1993)
• 1905 » Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer († 1989)
• 1906 » Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1931)
• 1909 » Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher († 2005)
• 1909 » Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation († 1991)
• 1911 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 1993)

• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)

• 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 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
• 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 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.

The temperature on May 7, 1903 was between 4.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%).