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• Albert John Hooyer, Sioux County, Iowa († 1980)
• Albert Rave, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1919)
• * Elsje Oudhof, Westbroek († 1982)
• Alida van den Brink, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1998)
• Heemskerk, Lisse († 1966)
• Antonius J.M. Cuppen, Beers († 2005)
• Adolf Paulina HERMANS, Londerzeel,1840,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2011)
• Andries Nicolaas Mol, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1990)
• Antje Geertsma, Ter-Haar, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2018)
• Ada Mae Williamson, McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States († 2000)

• Bertus Johannes Reginus Gisolf (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benigno Augusto Pinheiro Lima (70), Antonina, Paraná, Brasil
• Adriana de Nooijer (40), Arnemuiden
• Antonius Hammels (69), Kessel, 2560, België
• Adriana Jacobs Bouwman (47), Delft
• Antje Scheffer (78), Dantumadeel
• amy mary macgillavry (56), amsterdam
• Abraham Haim 'Jacob' NIETO (81), New York, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje (harmens) Abma (50), Wons
• Amy Mac Gillavry (56), Amsterdam, Nederland

• 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)
• 1921 » Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist († 2010)

• 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. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
• June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
• August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
• September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

The temperature on October 8, 1919 was between 4.9 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.