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• Christina A. Bemelman, Leiden († 1986)
• Christina Alida Bemelman, Leiden († 1986)
• Antonia Maria Arnoldus, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Bernardus Hugo van der Ploeg, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Aaldert Steffens, Steenwijk († 1980)
• Christina A Bemelman, Leiden (Z-H) († 1986)
• Bernardus Henricus de Zwart, Gilze en Rijen († 1995)
• Aartje Elisabeth van den Bos, Haarlemmermeer († 1990)
• Barend (Bob) Brouwer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Carolina Telkamp, Amsterdam († 1986)

• Antje Koerts (2), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrik Cramer (71), Utrecht
• Antonia Bak (65), Nederhorst den Berg,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• August Beydts (66), Ichtegem
• Arnoldus Johannes Kroes (27), Nijmegen
• Lena Johanna van Santen (76), Middelburg Zeeland
• Bastiaantje Quartel (56), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Albert Jacobs van der Kooy (70), Grootegast
• Albert Jakobs van der Kooy (70), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Baukje Wiersma (10), Wonseradeel (Lollum), Friesland, Nederland

• 1913 » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)
• 1917 » Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1976)
• 1917 » Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1917 » Walter Lord, American historian and author († 2002)
• 1918 » Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Jack McGrath, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan († 2007)
• 1920 » Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author († 1986)

• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
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 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 6.5 million citizens.
• January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

The temperature on October 8, 1917 was between 7.0 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.