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• Adelgonde de Bavière, château de Nymphenburg, Munich (München), 09184, Allemagne († 2004)
• Anna Walburga (Johannes Gradus Lange) Lange Bakker, Emmen, Netherlands († 1981)
• Abraham Goudsmit, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Walburga Bakker, Emmen, Dr., Nederland († 1981)
• Arnold Victor Halstead, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia († 1981)
• Barend Teunis Goudswaard, Zuid-Beijerland († 1975)
• Albertje Bodde, Vlagtwedde († 1994)
• Antonia Maria Cornelia de Rooij, Tilburg († 1995)
• Adriana Brigitta Rodenburg, Zoeterwoude († 1917)
• Bernardus Kempker, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1919)

• Annetje van Norel (57), Epe, Nederland
• Gerrigje van der Vlist (67), Polsbroek
• Carolina Joanna Alberdina Bremer (29), Amsterdam
• Bregje Lokat (73), Sint Pancras, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Appolonia oomen (54)
• Arien Veeken (63), Hoorn, Westerdijk 32
• Harm Van Der Werf (55), Groningen
• Andrew Moffitt (89), Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
• Alexander Antoon Joseph Schings (56), Kerkrade, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Bart Legué (78), Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1912 » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1915 » Jim McDonald, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1915 » Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter († 2009)
• 1916 » Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author († 2006)
• 1916 » Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense († 2009)
• 1916 » Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer († 1943)
• 1917 » Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author († 2012)
• 1918 » John Hospers, American philosopher and politician († 2011)
• 1921 » Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar († 2006)
• 1921 » Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author († 2015)

• 1889 » Mike Burke, American baseball player (b. 1854)
• 1892 » William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (b. 1863)
• 1901 » Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (b. 1842)
• 1923 » Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846)
• 1927 » Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Louis Bennison, American stage and silent film actor (b. 1884)
• 1929 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (b. 1889)
• 1942 » František Erben, Czech gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1952 » Adolf Busch, German-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Ernest Graves, Sr., American football player, coach, and general (b. 1880)

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. Antonius

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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

The temperature on June 9, 1917 was between 15.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.