About the day » Saturday August 23, 1913Calender converter

• Andrew William Tschudy, Crystal, Hennepin, Minnesota, The United States of America († 2003)
• Anna Plennert, Cranford, Union, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Annechien Drenth, Onstwedde († 1981)
• Amanda Gijsberts, Stratum, Netherlands († 1969)
• Anna Magaretha Johanna Resink, Steenwijk, Nederland
• Anna Maria Römers, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• "Marianne" Cecilie Auguste Friederike Wilhelmine Elisabeth Johanna von Preussen, Kamieniec / Kamenz, Pologne († 1983)
• Albert Ensing, Borger Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1997)
• Agatha Maria Gregoire, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Lodder, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 1995)

• Cornelia Petronella Adriana Maria van Mierlo (0), Tilburg
• Catharina Voortman (15), Monnickendam
• Arie Hendrikus Werps (0), Heerewaarden
• Catharina Voortman (15), Monnickendam, Nh Nederland
• Anna Caspers (0), Noordwijk
• Aaltje Ybeles Bos (87), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• van LOO (0), HARDENBERG
• Antonie Schouw (59), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kleijssen (84), Reutum (Tubbergen)
• Clasina Raaphorst (42), Schiedam

• 1908 » Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator († 2008)
• 1909 » Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire († 1970)
• 1910 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager († 1979)
• 1910 » Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier († 2009)
• 1911 » Betty Robinson, American sprinter († 1999)
• 1912 » Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1996)
• 1912 » Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver († 2008)
• 1913 » Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader († 1993)
• 1917 » Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1985)
• 1919 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist († 1984)

• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)

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.
• March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
• June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
• July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
• 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 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.

The temperature on August 23, 1913 was between 11.3 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.