About the day » Thursday October 2, 1913Calender converter

• Anna Barbora Westerhof († 1978)
• Aletta Marie Beumer, Utrecht
• andre piet VINK, rotterdam
• Anna Maria Zonneveld, Beverwijk († 1957)
• Aleida Wilting, 's-Heerenberg († 1983)
• Adriana Schellekens, Schijndel († 1966)
• Adele van Zijl († 1985)
• Albert Visscher, Foxhol, Hoogezand,, Groningen, Nederland
• (L.l.) Heijligenberg, Den Helder († 1913)
• Anna Aloysia Schut, Emsdetten, Duitsland († 1983)

• Carl Jacob August Friedrich Falkenberg (78)
• Angela Adelheid Cramer (64), Roberts Cove
• Carl Jacob August Frederik Falkenburg, Semarang, Indie
• Carl Jacob August Frederik Falkenberg (78), Semarang (Java Indonesie)
• Adriana Luijsterburg (7), Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Betje Fuld (46), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert van Aalderen(ink) (10), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland NED
• Catharina Elisabeth Meerman (73), Voorburg,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Alice Schuiteman (19), Fremont, MI
• Arjen Johannes Scheltema (77), Sexbierum

• 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)
• 1915 » Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma († 2015)
• 1917 » Charles Drake, American actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)

• 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. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
• February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
• March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
• November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

The temperature on October 2, 1913 was between 9.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.