About the day » Friday August 14, 1903Calender converter

• Anthonia Johanna Maria van Dijk, Schalkwijk, Gemeente Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Bastiaan, IJsselmuiden († 1999)
• Aartje van de Kolk, Opheusden († 1903)
• Antonia Geertruida Eijndhoven, Jutphaas
• Aagje Hilverda, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertus Luis, Gasselte († 1904)
• Aldegonda Maria Josephina Theuns, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anne Louis Schuwer, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alphonse Désiré CLEYS, Wattrelos, 59150, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1904)
• Aart van Rijnsbergen, Kerkwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)

• Adriana Hersbach (34), Den Haag,-
• Catharina Hendrika Murk (0), Culemborg
• Anna Maria Van Der Linden (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Cornelis VISSER (59), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kuilder (1), Emmen
• Cornelia Butzelaar (77), Soest
• Chesley Metcalf ** (34), Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Daniel Elve (0), Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Hest (67), Hedikhuizen
• Barend de Groot (79)

• 1895 » Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect († 1984)
• 1895 » Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1896 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer († 1980)
• 1900 » Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1975)
• 1901 » Alice Rivaz, Swiss pianist and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter and illustrator († 1995)
• 1910 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)
• 1911 » Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor († 2006)

• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)

• 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 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
• January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
• October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The temperature on August 14, 1903 was between 8.9 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (37%).