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• Achiel Joseph Vermoere, Deerlijk, Belgium († 1974)
• Albertus Johannes Liebrand, Oeffelt († 1977)
• Adrianus Norbertus Johannes Sebregts, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Aaltje Haanstra, Donkerbroek († 1988)
• Adriaan Beentjes, Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Allert Wilbrink, Uithuizen († 1908)
• Aaltje Bosman, Elburg († 1982)
• Adrianus Norbertus Johannes Sebregts, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 1972)
• Adriana Maria Vogelaar, IJsselmonde
• Aart Esche, Leuwi Orak

• Antonia Maatman (48)
• Antje Koster (42), Scheemda
• Aart Witjes (59), Houten
• Anna Theresia Truffel (29)
• Alphonsus Josephus Peleman (0), SINT-NIKLAAS
• Bernardus Fros (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catherine McVeigh (56), Cadian, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Antoinetta Petronella Maria Fouchier (0), Tilburg
• Berendina Elskamp (30), Epe
• List (0), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1905 » Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player († 1976)
• 1906 » Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist († 1998)
• 1906 » Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter († 1967)
• 1907 » John McIntire, American actor († 1991)
• 1908 » João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author († 1967)
• 1911 » Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. († 1997)
• 1912 » E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat († 2016)
• 1913 » Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1913 » Philip Guston, American painter and academic († 1980)
• 1913 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player († 1993)

• 1894 » Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)
• 1896 » John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
• 1907 » Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
• 1912 » George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
• 1934 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• 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.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on June 27, 1908 was between 12.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.