About the day » Thursday September 3, 1903Calender converter

• Aaltje van der Eng, Hensbroek
• Adrianus Cornelis Hubertus Otten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• ? ? († 1904)
• Anna Maria van den Bout, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Helena - Helena Menzen, Schöninghsdorf, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Maria MILIO, Antwerpen
• Annegien Alting, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana van der Klooster, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1996)
• Aaltje Derks ten Napel, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove († 1968)
• Adriana van der KLOOSTER Ddr, Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1996)

• Catharina Sophia Huberta Duppen, Hatert
• Anje Meijer (61), Ten Boer
• Arie in 't Veld (76), Dubbeldam
• Anna Eurlinks (0), Tilburg Nederland
• Annegien Boertien (28), Hoogeveen 155
• Annigje Boertien (28), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Hettes Broeksma (70), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Offenbeek (29), Middelburg, 4330, Nederland
• Anje Meijer (61), Ten Boer
• Annigje Hendriks Boertien (28), Hoogeveen

• 1897 » Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1899 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1900 » Percy Chapman, English cricketer († 1961)
• 1900 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland († 1986)
• 1901 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor († 1959)
• 1905 » Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1905 » John Mills, New Zealand cricketer († 1972)
• 1907 » Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author († 1977)
• 1908 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic († 1988)
• 1910 » Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist († 2007)

• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)

• 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.
• July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• 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.

The temperature on September 3, 1903 was between 9.8 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (35%).