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• Adriana (Jo) van de Nobelen, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Adrianus Christiaan Diepgrond, Amsterdam († 1934)
• Agatha Margaretha Zweegman, Leimuiden († 1995)
• Anna Catharina Vleugels, Voerendaal († 1987)
• Aart van Weelden, (GL) Buren
• Adolph Tanner († 2000)
• Anthonius Cornelis van der Hoorn, Oudshoorn († 1945)
• Adriana Cornelia van Akkeren, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anna Maria Everdina Trip, Wik bij Duurstede
• Alberdina Jansen, Hoogeveen

• Alberdina Teunissen (78), Gendt, Nederland
• Arnoldus van de Bild (60), Utrecht
• Baukjen Molles Veenstra (80), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie van Drimmelen (0), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Theodora anatonia de Grefte (46), Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella von Geusau (0), Blokzijl,Gemeente Steenwijkerland,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Albertje Schaap (75), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Arij Bothof (77), Dordrecht, 3311, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Louwerse (78), Vrouwenpolder
• Albertje Schaap (73), Ten Boer

• 1905 » Lillian Hellman, American playwright and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1906 » Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician († 1965)
• 1907 » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
• 1908 » Billy Werber, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1908 » Gus Schilling, American actor († 1957)
• 1909 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor († 1959)
• 1910 » Josephine Johnson, American author and poet († 1990)
• 1911 » Gail Patrick, American actress († 1980)
• 1912 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author († 2004)
• 1912 » Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player († 1969)

• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

The temperature on June 20, 1908 was between 11.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.