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Birthday October 2, 1904

• The temperature on October 2, 1904 was between 6.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
  • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)