About the day » Thursday September 4, 1913Calender converter

• Anna Geertruida Petronella Alberts, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Achiel Alois SEGHERS, Melsele,9120,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albertus Antonius Johannes Baars († 1974)
• Albert Hartkamp, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Hubertina Bour, Schaesberg
• Adam Johannes Heus, Haarlem
• Anthonie van Ravenhorst, Barneveld († 1955)
• Anna Catharina Dautzenberg, Bocholtz, Limburg, Nederland
• Alice D'Hondt, Oultre
• Anna Gezina Lubbers, Emmen († 1974)

• Anna Mechtildis Baaten (0), Echt (Sint-Joost)
• Aaltje de Jong (15), Ooststellingwerf
• Alida Bitter (88), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonette van Hulst (65), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antje Baas (29), Andijk
• Annie Ormandy (65), Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada
• Adrianus van den Hoek (48), Poortugaal
• Catharina Olieman (57), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Auktje Dirks Siersema (68), Grootegast
• Aukje SIERSEMA (68), Grootegast, Groningen, 2116, Groningen, Nederland

• 1909 » Eduard Wirths, German physician († 1945)
• 1910 » Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1912 » Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor († 1999)
• 1912 » Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator († 2004)
• 1913 » Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium († 2005)
• 1913 » Mickey Cohen, American mob boss († 1976)
• 1913 » Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author († 2015)
• 1913 » Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1913 » Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic († 2009)
• 1914 » Rudolf Leiding, German businessman († 2003)

• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

• 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 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
• May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
• May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
• June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
• July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
• October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.

The temperature on September 4, 1913 was between 11.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.