About the day » Thursday December 17, 1903Calender converter

• Aartje Hannessen, Harderwijk († 1993)
• Alida Dijkhuizen, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Aafje Hilletje Boomars, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Alijda Anna Willems van Goinga, Amersfoort
• Achiel Augustin De Ruyver, Kalken († 1904)
• Alicia Magdalena Colembie, Kruishoutem, België
• Angenieta Jenneke van Ingen, Zetten
• Anna Smits, Broechem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1977)
• Aafke Sinia, Farmsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje IJFF, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)

• Antonie (Anthonij) Dijk (74), Veecaten (Zalk en Veecaten), Ov, The Netherlands
• Andrew Brown (71), Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
• Arend Nicolaas Voogt (2), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jansen (69), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Meijer (26), Ridderkerk,,Nederland
• Arie Bot (17), Rotterdam
• Ann Coull, Craig, Angus, Scotland
• Aart Boer (20), Ridderkerk
• Albertus Jan Van Leeuwen (76), Lincoln, Smith, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan de Pagter (39), Middelburg

• 1900 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress († 1973)
• 1900 » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos († 1998)
• 1903 » Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer († 1987)
• 1903 » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1905 » Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator († 1975)
• 1905 » Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India († 1992)
• 1905 » Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper († 2002)
• 1906 » Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1906 » Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer († 1998)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

• 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.
• April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
• July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• 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 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

The temperature on December 17, 1903 was between 0.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C.