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Born on Sunday October 23, 1904
- Albertus Scheffer, 's Gravenhage
- . Ho-A-Fat († 1967)
- Waasdorp, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aldegonda Wilhelmina Maria Sorée, Venlo († 1993)
- Adolph Blussé van Oud-Alblas, Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
- Adrianus Deonisius Rijnders, Dongen († 1973)
- Adriana MOELIKER, Rilland, Zeeland, Nederland († 2000)
- Aldegona Wilhelmina Maria Sorée, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1993)
- Adrianus COLLÉE, Alblasserdam († 1977)
- Alle Roelof ALBERTS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1979)
Died on Sunday October 23, 1904
- Berendina Bongaards (52), Arnhem
- Arien Schipper (71), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Amelia Verbruggen (85), Breendonk
- Aaltje Luiten Dracht (78), Haskerland
- Aaltje Luiten Dragt (76), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
- Arnoldus Lambertus Hersmus (34), Tilburg
- Albert Meekhof (74), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
- Adolf Julius Ludwig von Harnier (70), Echzell, Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Duitsland
- Auke Wiebrens Akkersma (73), Tolbert
- Bernardus Hoofs (75), Meerssen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 23, 1904 at Delpher
Born on October 23
- 1899 » Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator († 1973)
- 1900 » Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer († 1958)
- 1902 » Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician († 1981)
- 1902 » Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer († 1982)
- 1904 » Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach († 1995)
- 1905 » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
- 1905 » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer († 2003)
- 1905 » Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1993)
- 1908 » František Douda, Czech shot putter († 1990)
- 1908 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
Died on October 23
- 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
- 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
- 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
- 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
- 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
- 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
- 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
- 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
- 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
- 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
Names that were popular for boys in 1904
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1904
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Helena
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1904
- 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.
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
- February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
- February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
- April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
- April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
Weather October 23, 1904
The temperature on October 23, 1904 was between 11.3 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.