About the day » Thursday October 5, 1905Calender converter

• Abbie Anker, South Holland, Illinois,Cook County, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Adrianus Jacobus Groot, Haarlemmerliede († 1994)
• Adrianus Marinus van den Boom, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1905)
• Adalgiza TENORIO DE ALBUQUERQUE, Mimoso, Pernambuco, Brésil († 1929)
• Janssen, Zevenbergen
• Adriana Johanna van Nunen, Hilvarenbeek
• Abraham Walraven van Ham
• Abraham Slotboom, Renkum
• Abraham Nicolaas(Bram) Slotboom, Renkum († 1945)
• Aleida Bouwina Rodenburg, Groningen, Groningue, Pays-Bas

• Anna Geertrui van Lee, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Jansen (79), Rheden (Dieren) (Gelderland)
• Berendina Hemmes (72)
• Caroline Samsel (89), Frederick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Aaltje Dekker (61), Hoog-Soeren
• Aimée CORMIER (71), Civray-de-Touraine, 37150, France
• Bisha William Tarwater [Whs8] (66), Fayette County, Alabama
• Albert van der Laan (48), Kostverloren gem. Hoogkerk
• Arie Verhoek (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertus Nicolaas Storm (37), op zee

• 1901 » John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer († 1996)
• 1902 » Larry Fine, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist († 1984)
• 1903 » M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic († 1989)
• 1905 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress († 1987)
• 1905 » John Hoyt, American actor († 1991)
• 1907 » Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer († 1997)
• 1907 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic († 1959)
• 1908 » Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician († 1995)

• 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)

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

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

• 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.
• 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.
• February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
• June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
• November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
• December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

The temperature on October 5, 1905 was between 6.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.