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• Albertus Dam, Hengelo
• , Oklahoma, United States († 1965)
• Antonius Marinus Bax, Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL († 1914)
• Ariaantje de Pater, Bergambacht († 1989)
• Adile Marcel MIN JOU (MIGNEAU), Meulebeke,8760,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 1999)
• Helena van Erp, Heesch
• Alma Hannah Dell, Canada
• Adrianus Gerardus van Amerongen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon CASSA, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1974)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus Fredericus Sparidaens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1914)

• Ann Rebecca Grahame (88)
• Aukje Veenstra (19), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje de Jager (37), Prinsburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
• Anna Maria POELMAN (88), Rotterdam
• Antonia Amtmann (75), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Andries van Marken (80), Urk, Nederland
• Arie van Loon (20), Heerjansdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bekking (67), Zutphen
• Andries Visser (80), Urk (FL)
• Andries Cornelisz van Marken (Visser) (80), Urk, Nederland

• 1907 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer († 1973)
• 1908 » Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist († 2009)
• 1912 » Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress († 2001)
• 1912 » Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor († 2008)
• 1914 » John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer († 1995)
• 1915 » Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer († 2010)
• 1916 » Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg († 2012)
• 1917 » Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot († 2013)
• 1917 » William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author († 2016)
• 1918 » Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic († 2007)

• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)

• 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 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
• May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
• September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
• October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
• November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.

The temperature on October 31, 1913 was between 7.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.