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• Alice Elizabeth Knowles, Huntsville, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States of America († 1994)
• Anna Kuipers, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Adriaan Verduijn, Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alida Johanna Groeneveld, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Johannes Akkerveeken, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alice Spaas, Hasselt (B) († 2008)
• Albert Heuvingh, Wildervank († 1988)
• Adriana VISSER, Sliedrecht († 1994)
• Adriaantje Mol, Muiden († 1959)
• Alice Maria Josephina Theodora SPAAS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2008)

• Baukje Fokkes SloTtje (82), Sassenheim
• Anna Maria Louise Sophia Henriette (Sophie) Sauerland (76), Leckingsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Anna Elizabeth Weed (63), Owensville, Gibson, IN
• Auke de Boer (89), Ooststellingwerf
• Arie KEUS (82), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Antje Hendriks van der Sluis (72), Boelenslaan, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Baukje Fokkes' Slottje (82), Sassenheim
• Anne Jippes Burmania (21), Ferwerd
• Auke Durks de Boer (89), Appelscha (Friesland)
• Jacomina Kloosterman (58), Heinkenszand

• 1911 » Joe Rosenthal, American photographer († 2006)
• 1914 » Edward Andrews, American actor († 1985)
• 1915 » Belva Plain, American author († 2010)
• 1915 » Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture († 2010)
• 1918 » Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2013)
• 1918 » Charles Read, Australian air marshal († 2014)
• 1918 » E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author († 2007)
• 1920 » Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1920 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator († 1976)
• 1920 » Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator († 2013)

• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
• January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
• January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
• July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
• August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.

The temperature on October 9, 1915 was between 6.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.