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• Adrianus Antonius Cornelius Stabel, Tilburg († 1903)
• Andreas Cornelis Franciscus Maria Schuurmans, Teteringen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Abraham Adriaan Reijngoudt, St. Philipsland
• Alfredo José Rosar, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Albert Zuiderweg, Oude Pekela († 1990)
• * Jacobus Franciscus Fukken, Goes († 1956)
• ? van der Kolk, Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1903)
• , Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Albert Louis Matto, Amsterdam
• Aaltien Grietien Buiter, Yde, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland

• Antje Zwier (72), Gemeente Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• van der Kolk (0), Magele, gemeente den Ham
• Aaltjen Groot Roessink (60), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Camphuizen (0), Hoogeveen
• Anna Walburgis Koop (73), Neudersum, Steinbild
• Aaltje Camphuisen (0), Hoogeveen, in wijk A nr. 266
• Arie van Houwelingen (76), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Hofwegen (66), Papendrecht
• Antje Jacobs Zwier (72), Assen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Munnik (72), Ruinerwold

• 1899 » Richard Arlen, American actor († 1976)
• 1902 » Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist († 1980)
• 1904 » George Biswell, English footballer († 1981)
• 1904 » Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor († 1974)
• 1906 » Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager († 1993)
• 1906 » Eleanor Hibbert, English author († 1993)
• 1906 » Franz Biebl, German composer and educator († 2001)
• 1906 » Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic († 2002)
• 1907 » Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician († 1981)
• 1907 » Walter Reuther, American union leader, founded United Auto Workers († 1970)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

• 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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
• November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
• December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

The temperature on September 1, 1903 was between 7.0 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (99%).