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• Bernarda Hermina Foks, Chicago, Illinois, VS († 1988)
• Albertus Petrus Martinus de Man, Tilburg († 1972)
• Antonia Cornelia (Ton) Riel, van, Tilburg († 2016)
• Adriana Hubrina Buijze, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1989)
• Huisman, Gendt
• "Robert" Charles Durman Mitchum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Antonius Johannes Van Dorrestein († 1986)
• Anna Elisabeth Campbell, Londen († 1986)
• Anna Maria Habets, Meerssen († 2016)
• Bernardus Albertus Tromp, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)

• Anna Margaretha Hesselink (73), Lathen, Emsland
• Aart Zandvliet (72), Hierden
• Alfred Gaston Auguste Lactanie Convert (79), Brussel, 1000, Brussels Hoofdst.Gewest, Belgium
• Belarmino Ferreira de Lacerda (60), Tijucas do Sul, Paraná, Brasil
• Anne Jacobus Nagtegaal (16), Weesp,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Vroegindeweij (0), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Valom (0)
• Antje Brouwer (32), Barsingerhorn
• alphonse CARION (58), Warquignies (Belgium)
• August Karl Müller (75), Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)
• 1916 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta († 2012)
• 1916 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic († 1970)
• 1917 » Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1917 » Robert Mitchum, American actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager († 2001)
• 1919 » Pauline Betz, American tennis player († 2011)
• 1920 » Ella Raines, American actress († 1988)
• 1920 » John Graves, American author († 2013)
• 1920 » Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter († 1985)

• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

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.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• 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 August 6, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.