About the day » Saturday September 3, 1904Calender converter

• Adrienne Marie Van Labeke, Sint-Andries
• Adrianus Pietersz Mosterd, Maasland († 1999)
• Alphonse Maurice Verkeyn, Torhout († 1945)
• Alberdina Goeree, Valthermond (Odoorn) († 1942)
• Adrianus Verbaant, Hoogeloon († 1904)
• Albertus Hendrikus Rugenbrink, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ada Westmore, Gatcombe
• Alida Maria Hoogervorst, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 1998)
• Abraham Ardon, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abel Spaargaren, Amsterdam

• Caroline Drucker (24), Lissa, Wlkp., Poland
• Arnoldus Simons (69), Afferden, Bergen
• Aaltjen Lightenborg (72), Gramsbergen
• August Adolf Rosmark (56), stad almelo
• Adriana Neeltje Faasse (0), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Jonker (63), Georgsdorf
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Anthonius van Vliet (0), Loosduinen
• Birthe Marie Hansdatter (78), De gamles by, København
• Alida Cornelia van Wamel (4), IJzendoorn
• Adriana Neeltje Faasse (0), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1899 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1900 » Percy Chapman, English cricketer († 1961)
• 1900 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland († 1986)
• 1901 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor († 1959)
• 1905 » Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1905 » John Mills, New Zealand cricketer († 1972)
• 1907 » Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author († 1977)
• 1908 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic († 1988)
• 1910 » Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984)
• 1910 » Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist († 2007)

• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 5.4 million citizens.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

The temperature on September 3, 1904 was between 9.7 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.