The following events occurred in May 1903:
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- Born: Fernandel, French actor, in Marseilles, as Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (died 1971)[7]
- Died: Paul Gauguin, 54, French Post-Impressionist artist (probable heart attack)[8]
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- Victoriano Lorenzo, a revolutionary freedom fighter for the liberation of Panama from Gran Colombia, was executed this day, in 1903.
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- The Paris–Madrid race for automobiles started from the gardens of Versailles. The race became notable for the number of accidents, including at least eight rumored fatalities. It was cancelled when the competitors reached Bordeaux.[15]
- The Australian passenger-cargo ship SS Oakland foundered in stormy weather in the Tasman Sea near Cabbage Tree Island off New South Wales; 11 people lost their lives and the remaining seven were picked up by the steamer SS Bellinger.
- On departure from Antwerp, carrying emigrants to Canada, the British passenger-cargo ship Huddersfield collided with the Norwegian steamer SS Uto in the River Scheldt. All 22 passengers were drowned, but the 17 crew survived.[16]
- Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, was founded.[17]
- Died: Marcel Renault, 31, French racing driver and industrialist, of injuries incurred by crashing into a tree while competing in the Paris-Madrid race.
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- Born: Bob Hope, US comedian and actor, in Eltham, Kent, UK, under the name Leslie Townes Hope (died 2003)
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Grudens, Richard (1998). The Music Men: The Guys who Sang with the Bands and Beyond. Celebrity Profiles Pub. p. 5. ISBN 9781575790978.
Gahan, John W. (1983). The Line Beneath the Liners – a hundred years of Mersey Railway sights and sounds. Birkenhead: Countyvise. ISBN 0-907768-40-7.
Пейо Яворов, "Събрани съчинения", Том втори, "Гоце Делчев", Издателство "Български писател", София, 1977, стр. 69. (in Bulgarian) In English: Peyo Yavorov, "Complete Works", Volume 2, biography Delchev, Publishing house "Bulgarian writer", Sofia, 1977, p. 69.
Foreman, J. (1906). The Philippine Islands, A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Crampton, R. J. (1997). A concise history of Bulgaria. Verlag Cambridge University Press. p. 121.
d'Herbeville, Marcel (31 May 1903). "La Course Paris-Madrid". Le Sport universel illustré (in French). No. 358. pp. 349–351. available at Gallica