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• Abraham Mathijs de Graaf, Oud-Vossemeer († 1946)
• Ake de Graaf, Hoogeveen, Nederland († 1950)
• Alvin Jerry Castleberry, Norman Park, Georgia († 2002)
• Adriaantje Jannigje Lena Rijsdijk, IJsselmonde († 1979)
• Adriaan Wapenaar, Vlaardingen († 1976)
• Abraham Pinontaan, Mr. Cornelis, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adrianus Arnoud Marie Piek, Dongen († 1993)
• Ake de Graaf, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Bessie Rosamond MATTHEWS, Guildford, New South Wales, Australia († 1984)
• Aaltje Nieboer, Putten († 2005)

• Berthilia ULENS (56), Landen, 24059, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Antoon Johan ter Haak (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha LOUWAGIE (0), Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Amelia Michielsen (78), Hoek
• Corneilis Qualm (71), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna M. King (73), Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey, United States
• Agatha van der Aar (61), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Albert Weustenenk (64), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ardina Konings (83), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christoffel de VRIES (64), Veenhuizen, 321, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
• 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
• 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
• 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)
• 1914 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author († 2010)
• 1915 » Owen Bradley, American country music record producer († 1998)
• 1917 » Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1993)
• 1918 » Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist († 2011)
• 1918 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author († 2006)
• 1919 » Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot († 2013)

• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
• May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on October 21, 1916 was between -3.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.