About the day » Thursday October 6, 1904Calender converter

• Abraham Herremans, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Alexander Helleboogh, Bornem († 1984)
• Aaltje Balder, Broek op L'dijk († 2004)
• Anna Helena Guiraud, Maastricht
• Adriana Dirven, Etten Leur († 1999)
• Alida Petronella van Zijp, Haarlem
• Alida Okkerse († 1990)
• Adriana Bodenstab, Katwijk aan Zee († 1939)
• Alfons August Schroyens, Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1957)
• Angela Torrezani, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1980)

• Andries Mikkers (0), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Antonie Adrianus van de Biesebos (0), Amersfoort
• Albert Bakker (28), de Noordzee
• Albert Bakker (28), Verdronken in de Noordzee op de UK 43
• Adèle Ghislaine CLAMOT (58), Ligny,5140,Namur,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Agnes Maria Manders (0), Berghem
• Adrianus Thomas Deemes (60), Weststellingwerf (186)
• Aaltje Beuker (67), Haastrecht (Vlist), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jacobs Kok (35)
• Arend Boes (28), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1900 » Stan Nichols, English cricketer († 1961)
• 1900 » Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist († 1991)
• 1900 » Willy Merkl, German mountaineer († 1934)
• 1901 » Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter († 1998)
• 1906 » Janet Gaynor, American actress († 1984)
• 1906 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach († 1946)
• 1908 » Carole Lombard, American actress († 1942)
• 1908 » Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic († 1989)

• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
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.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.

The temperature on October 6, 1904 was between 8.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.