About the day » Saturday December 3, 1904Calender converter

• Albertus Franciscus Wilhelmus van Hal, Leiden († 1944)
• Albertus Johannes Booltink, Duiven († 1970)
• Aline Thijs, Oevel, Westerlo, Antwerpen, België († 1984)
• Adrianus Frijters, Princenhage,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• ABRAM VAN SPRONSEN, MONSTER († 1934)
• Adrianus Johannes Kerremans, Etten-Leur
• Adrianus Spapens, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Amalia Margaretha Vleesblok, Veendam († 1998)
• Alida Elisa van Gennip, Woensel en Eckart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Cornelia Hazebroek, Rotterdam

• Adriana Maria Peeters (80), Rijsbergen, Nederland
• Aukje Bos (40), City of Groningen
• Beitske Ferwerda (28), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Arie Balkenende (0), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anson Ramson Smith (93), Douglas Township, Montcalm Co. Michigan
• Adriana Johanna Visser (0), Almelo, Ambt
• Antonius Sebastianus Swinkels (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Gestel (67), Tilburg
• Andries Hartwigsen (70), Monnickendam
• Albertus Albert Karskens (71), Amsterdam

• 1900 » Albert Hawke, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Western Australia († 1986)
• 1900 » Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer († 2004)
• 1901 » Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower († 1970)
• 1901 » Mildred Wiley, American high jumper († 2000)
• 1902 » Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist († 1993)
• 1902 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat († 1964)
• 1902 » Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot († 1976)
• 1904 » Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player († 1976)
• 1905 » Les Ames, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1907 » Connee Boswell, American jazz singer († 1976)

• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)

• 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 5.4 million citizens.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
• December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

The temperature on December 3, 1904 was between 4.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.