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• Albertus Bonno Niks, Avereest († 1923)
• Anna Gorissen, Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland († 2010)
• Adriana Raaijmakers, Vinkel, Heesch († 1997)
• Catharina Anna Wetzler, Ubach over Worms,, Limburg, Nederland († 1976)
• Antonia Maria "Toos" Relou, Lierop, Nbr.NL († 2000)
• Aart van Veldhoven, Geldermalsen († 1987)
• Arie Monster, Sliedrecht, Nederland († 1918)
• Adrianus Scheerman, Beverwijk († 1973)
• Adriana van Roosmalen, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Adrianus Boeren, Oosterhout († 1978)

• Ann Craig (64), Penland, Snow Creek Twp., Mitchell, North Carolina
• Arnolda Fonville (10), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Hendrika de Jong (5), Bussum
• Adriaan Lemmen (0), Gorinchem
• Anna Maria Clasina den Beer Poortugael (40), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Adriana Offerman (89), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina van Horne (25), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Koster, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Strucker (45), Rotterdam
• Aartje van der Dool (83), Wijngaarden

• 1915 » Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet († 2015)
• 1916 » Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1916 » Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator († 1992)
• 1917 » Byron White, American football player and judge († 2002)
• 1918 » George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician († 1994)
• 1918 » John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic († 2016)
• 1918 » John H. Ross, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1918 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer († 1987)
• 1919 » John R. Deane, Jr., American general († 2013)

• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)

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.
• February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

The temperature on June 8, 1917 was between 15.0 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.