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• Anna J. Nychka, New York († 1993)
• Anna Johanna Geertruida van der Heij, 's-Gravenhage
• Alfred HOFFSTETTER, Illfurth, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1908)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Neuteboom, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Alois John PAULSEN, Beardsley,Minnesota († 1935)
• Adrianus van der WULP, Dordrecht († 1977)
• Albert Theodor Prollius, Kreuth bei Tegernsee († 1992)
• Albertus Joseph van der Leeuw, Thorn
• André AERNOUT
• Vos, Emmen

• Adriaantje Hoeflake (64), Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Bruintjes, Zwartsluis
• Abraham Wilhelmus de Bruijn (22), Bussum
• Anna Wilhelmina Grada van Londen (0), Didam, Nederland
• Arendje Reijerkerk (84), Zuidland
• Veld (0), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Francisca Eliza Fijnaut (1), 's Hertogenbosch
• Charlotte Melvina Hall (39), Swain, North Carolina, United States
• Anna Wilhelmina Grada van Londen (0), Didam (Montferland)
• Aalt de Haan (0), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1904 » Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor († 1991)
• 1904 » Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer († 2003)
• 1905 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1907 » Frithjof Schuon, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author († 1998)
• 1908 » Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host († 1969)
• 1908 » Nedra Volz, American actress († 2003)
• 1908 » Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician († 1997)
• 1910 » Avon Long, American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1910 » Dick Foran, American actor and singer († 1979)
• 1910 » Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader († 1995)

• 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)

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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• 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.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

The temperature on June 18, 1908 was between 11.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.