About the day » Sunday August 2, 1903Calender converter

• Aaltje Wybenga, Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Peet († 1982)
• Albert de Ruiter, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Adriana Fens, Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Matton, Hagestein
• Albert William CLARKE, Luton, Bedfordshire († 1979)
• Aart de Weerd, Tiel († 1903)
• Adrianus van Aalsum, Ginneken en Bavel
• Alphonse Josephus Deraeck, Sint Pieters Woluwe († 1972)
• Adriana Fens, Zevenbergen († 1944)

• Eelkje Postma (0), Dantumadeel, Fr, Nederland
• Antje BLEIJENDAAL (78), Santpoort
• Cornelis de Wolff (18), Vlissingen
• Doodgeboren zoon Slingerland (0), Rotterdam
• (2) Johanna Jacobs (88), Oude Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Artemise Clémentinne Florence Rose van Brussel (81), Veldwijk (Ermelo), Nederland
• Alphonsius Thiry (0), Hemiksem
• Ebeltje Dost (0), Odoorn
• Dirk Mastenbroek (20), Utrecht
• Augustien van Drom (32), Temse

• 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer († 1941)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1902 » Mina Rees, American mathematician (d.1997)
• 1902 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria († 1971)
• 1905 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer († 1963)
• 1905 » Myrna Loy, American actress († 1993)
• 1907 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author († 1984)

• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)

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.
• January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
• 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 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on August 2, 1903 was between 12.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%).