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• Albert HOEKSTRA, Kollumerzwaag (Kollumerland c.a.) Friesland Netherlands († 1997)
• Cornelis Leendert (Cor) Duijzer, Sint Maartensdijk († 1977)
• Anna Devilee, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Linders, Ottersum
• Adriana Prins, Friemersheim († 2000)
• Abraham Kamp
• Agnes (Cheeseman) Bean, California († 1984)
• Adrianus Boeren, Rijswijk († 1920)
• de Jong, Leerbroek (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Aan Algra, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1945)

• Arendje Egberts Scholte(N) (69), Terband
• Carlos da Silva Perdigão (28)
• Arendje Egberts Scholten (69), Terband
• Dirk Louws Olivier (42), Holwerd
• Anne Visser (44), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Andrea Wilhelmina Wille (9), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anne Reinskes Visser (75), Utingeradeel
• Adriaan van Maldegem (79), Biggekerke, Walcheren, NL
• Arentje Egberts Scholten (69), Terband
• Catharina Luisa Stockler (73), Tatui, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1902 » Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran († 1989)
• 1905 » Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)
• 1906 » Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer († 1982)
• 1906 » Leonard Marsh, Canadian sociologist and academic († 1982)
• 1907 » Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter († 1979)
• 1909 » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect († 1966)
• 1910 » Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Konstantin Chernenko, Russian politician († 1985)
• 1912 » Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author († 1998)
• 1913 » Herb Jeffries, American singer († 2014)

• 1889 » Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
• 1889 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
• 1896 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
• 1930 » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)

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.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on September 24, 1908 was between 11.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.