About the day » Wednesday December 30, 1903Calender converter

• Adriaan Olijerhoek, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Van Gucht, Bornem († 1903)
• Anna Catharina te Paske, Aalten († 1942)
• Ann Marie Steinkemper († 1983)
• Alida Boekelaar, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Agnes Maria Ludovica Tersago, Puurs, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1971)
• Anna Maria Cornelia Brekelmans, Udenhout
• * Christina van Eijk, Pernis († 1952)
• , Stene
• Adriana Wolf, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1905)

• Arie Verheul (82), Zegwaart, Nederland
• Aartje Kleermaker (85), Hierden
• Van Gucht (0), Bornem
• Anna Maria Helena Bogaers (86), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Thesseling, Aalten
• Antonius Marinus Cornelis van Eekelen (0), Roosendaal en Nispen, Gemeente Roosendaal
• Alka de Groot (74), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Walther (29), 's-Gravenhage
• Arie Verheul (82), Zegwaart
• Anna Christina Elisabeth van Baerle (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1897 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1899 » Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard († 2001)
• 1904 » Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic († 1987)
• 1905 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright († 1942)
• 1906 » Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter († 1997)
• 1906 » Carol Reed, English director and producer († 1976)
• 1910 » Paul Bowles, American composer and author († 1999)
• 1911 » Jeanette Nolan, American actress († 1998)
• 1913 » Elyne Mitchell, Australian author († 2002)
• 1913 » Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer († 1996)

• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
• 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.
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on December 30, 1903 was between -8.4 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (78%).