About the day » Sunday October 2, 1910Calender converter

• Albert Vries, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland († 2000)
• Adriaan Van der Veeke, Werkendam
• Adam Speelman, Anloo († 1993)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Bressers, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Gerbrandt van Klink, Dordrecht(ZH) († 1957)
• Agnes Seiler Renaud, Leopold, Bollinger, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Aaltje van den Berg, Putten († 1994)
• Alberta Maria Spee, Wijk Bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Holtman, Apeldoorn (Engeland),, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham van Westbroek, Leiden

• Aaldert Kleine (59), Smilde
• "Edouard" Gillion Ghislain de Trazegnies d'Ittre (71), Corroy-le-Château, Gembloux, Belgique
• Arendje Wittekoek (50), Lisse, Nederland
• Albert Doupagne (56), Antheit
• Antje Kwant (27), Winschoten
• Alfred Bonham Carter (85), Middlesex, UK
• Anna Johanna Maria Catharina van Bruggen (61), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arendje Wittekoek (50), Lisse
• Arnoldus van den Bogert (84), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Dijkstra (42), Zwijndrecht

• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)
• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)
• 1912 » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter († 1981)
• 1914 » Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian († 1998)
• 1914 » Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer († 1952)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

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

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

• 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 5.9 million citizens.
• January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
• March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
• June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
• August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
• November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
• December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

The temperature on October 2, 1910 was between 11.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.