About the day » Wednesday October 3, 1906Calender converter

• Alida van Kampen, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Alberta Hendrika Jochems, Apeldoorn († 1989)
• Albert Bakker, Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Alberta Hendrika Jochems, Beekbergen, Apeldoorn († 1989)
• Vosters, Ravels (België) († 1906)
• Aaltje Zagers, Hellendoorn {OV}
• Adriana Koorneef, Nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel
• Allen H. van Deest, Illinois († 1987)
• Agnes Maria Louisa Krieckaert, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida van Kampen, Hilversum († 1906)

• Anna Celina Baudry (0), Astene, 9800, Oost Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Catharina Sanders (69), Helmond
• Albertus Theodorus Meijer (0), Groessen
• Adriana van Loon (69), Breda
• Martens (0), Grijpskerk
• Andreas Hilgersom (43), Voorburg
• Albertje Nijenhuis (63), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bakker (0), Jutrijp, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie van der Laak (60), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annetta Aalderink (69), Worth Rheden

• 1898 » Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator († 1944)
• 1898 » Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1899 » Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer († 1966)
• 1900 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)
• 1905 » Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey († 1993)
• 1906 » Natalie Savage Carlson, American author († 1997)
• 1908 » Johnny Burke, American songwriter († 1964)
• 1911 » Michael Hordern, English actor († 1995)

• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Jantje

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on October 3, 1906 was between 12.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.