About the day » Tuesday May 2, 1905Calender converter

• Aaltje Atsma, Harkema-Opeinde († 1988)
• Adolf,petrus De Prest, Aalter,9880,Oost Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1985)
• Andreas Johannes Nagtzaam, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Anna Maria Evers, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Verhoeven, Oisterwijk († 1979)
• Anthonie de Haan, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adie P. Chatham, Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi († 1967)
• Aartje de Haas, Oldebroek (Wezep),, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aiko Hensums, Vlagtwedde,Groningen,Niederlande,Bourtange
• Maria De Boer, Hoogeveen

• Adrianus Joannes Hendrikus van Belkom (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Styzes KOOISTRA (35), Stiens (Leeuwarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Anske Gaadses Boomsma (67), Berlikum-Menaldumadeel
• Adriana Dieleman (62), Heok
• Antje Groenewold (17), Groningen
• Annigje de Kwant (84), Lekkerkerk
• Anna Petronella Horevoorts (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke Sjoerdsz Algera (67), Huizum
• Annigje Wichers Jager (67), Zwartsluis
• Adriaan Lambert BASELIER (37)

• 1901 » Bob Wyatt, English cricketer († 1995)
• 1902 » Brian Aherne, English actor († 1986)
• 1902 » Werner Finck, German Kabarett comedian, actor and author († 1978)
• 1903 » Benjamin Spock, American rower, pediatrician, and author († 1998)
• 1904 » Bill Brandt, German-English photographer and journalist († 1983)
• 1905 » Alan Rawsthorne, British composer († 1971)
• 1905 » Charlotte Armstrong, American author († 1969)
• 1906 » Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer († 1979)
• 1907 » Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host († 1993)
• 1908 » Frank Rowlett, American cryptologist († 1998)

• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)

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. Arie
15. Hendrikus
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.
• May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on May 2, 1905 was between 8.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.