About the day » Thursday August 3, 1911Calender converter

• Johanna Martha Janssonius, Godlinze († 2007)
• Alida de Joode, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Albert Rosa Herman Dathe, Antwerpen
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Laurentius Pieren, Dongen († 1973)
• Andries Franciscus Eleveld, Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1960)
• Aartje van den Hoorn, Putten
• Alida de Joode, Woudrichem (Br.) († 1977)
• Andries Hendrik Kwakkel, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Andrew Wooten, W. Virginia († 2005)
• Albert M. Richardson († 2000)

• Adrian B. Christensen (0), Fairview, Oneida, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Anna OVERHOF (60), Gelsenkirchen (D) 61y
• Albert Cook Bryant [PPtHP CamdenBu] (28), Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama
• Ariaantje de Kurver (72), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje de Jonge (75), Sint Annaland
• Catharina HEEREN (65), Woensel en Eckart
• Antonie Rutgers (35), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie EVERS (0), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Provincie Overijssel,Nederland
• allida catharina peters (26), amsterdam
• Aloijsius Johannes Amelsvoort (0), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1905 » Franz König, Austrian cardinal († 2004)
• 1907 » Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil († 1996)
• 1907 » Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)
• 1909 » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator († 1971)
• 1911 » Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer († 1990)
• 1912 » Fritz Hellwig, German politician († 2017)
• 1913 » Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1916 » José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1916 » Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter († 1970)

• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
• August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
• August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
• December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The temperature on August 3, 1911 was between 13.6 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.