About the day » Thursday September 21, 1916Calender converter

• Barbara Derhaag, Limbricht († 1916)
• Anna Mae Picou, Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Andreas Antonius Pardoel, Benschop († 2009)
• Adrianus Alting († 1987)
• Anna Kriesch, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Beitske Hiemstra, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• * Franciscus Antonius (Frans) Kerkhof, Keldonk († 1999)
• Catharina Bos, 's Gravenhage († 1916)
• Musgrove, Newbridge, County Kildare, Eire († 1991)
• Agenita Geertruida Strijbis, Nwe-Niedorp († 2013)

• * Levenloos kind van Zoest (0), Reeuwijk, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Catharina Op de Beeck (81), Vorselaar, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Hamelink, Terneuzen
• Arie Oosterom (64), Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecilia Francisca Boussen (59), Sint-Jansteen
• Berendina Geertruida Sasse (3), Enschede
• Anthonius Theodorus van der Reijken (0), Hof van Delft
• Adrianus Marinus van Dusseldorp (64), Watergraafsmeer
• Aaltje Hoekstra (1906)
• Vos (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1912 » Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1912 » György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1916 » Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture († 2003)
• 1917 » Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic († 1968)
• 1918 » John Gofman, American physicist, chemist, and biologist († 2007)
• 1918 » Juan José Arreola, Mexican writer and academic († 2001)
• 1918 » Karl Slover, American actor († 2011)
• 1919 » Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher and scholar († 1988)
• 1919 » Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American trumpet player and educator († 1993)
• 1919 » Mario Bunge, Argentinian-Canadian physicist and philosopher († 2020)

• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1942 » John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Alexander Koshetz, Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (b. 1875)

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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

The temperature on September 21, 1916 was between 8.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.