About the day » Saturday October 17, 1903Calender converter

• Alberto Fernand Boissevain, New York († 1929)
• Anna Cousijnse, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1974)
• Albert Venema, Ogden, Weber, Utah,us, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Alphonsina Michiels, Hamme (Belgie)
• Anders Göran Olofsson Mårtensson, Gäddede, Frostviken, Jämtlands län (Z) († 1981)
• Albertus Osnabrug, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1976)
• Adriaantje Verhoev, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bernardus Cornelis van Dijk, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Angela Koop, Nieuw-Schoonebeek
• Adrianus (1) Zwaans, Waspik († 1905)

• Arnoldus Thijssen (0), uden
• Cornelia Berculo (71), Montfoort {UT}
• Cornelia Berkelo (71), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Van De Rakt (82), Nistelrode
• Catharina Josephina Maria Nijs (21), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Phillips (0), Arkansas
• Bernard Houwen (0), Kiel, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Horst, Amsterdam
• Arie Mijnlieff (78), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Bijland (30), Boskoop

• 1900 » C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor († 1932)
• 1900 » Jean Arthur, American actress († 1991)
• 1900 » Yvor Winters, American critic and poet († 1968)
• 1901 » Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator († 1973)
• 1902 » Irene Ryan, American actress († 1973)
• 1903 » Andrei Grechko, Soviet general († 1976)
• 1903 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter († 1940)
• 1905 » Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly († 1996)
• 1906 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player († 1987)
• 1907 » John Marley, American actor († 1984)

• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)

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.
• 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 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
• May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
• July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
• September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.

The temperature on October 17, 1903 was between 7.1 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%).