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• Alexander Crichlow Lex "Tarzan" Barker, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States († 1973)
• Berendina Aleida Adriana Pelinck, Assen († 2009)
• Archie Cecil White, Rush Springs, Grady, Oklahoma († 2003)
• Anna Carolina Backx, Turnhout, België († 1998)
• Anneliese KUHLMANN, Bremen, Duitsland († 1920)
• Adriana Luijten, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1919)
• Albert Curfs, Houthem,, Limburg, Nederland († 2001)
• Bert K. Hamell, Whatcom co., Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Arnoldus Cornelia Schalken, Waalwijk († 2008)
• Schut, Voorst, Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1919)

• Antonia Helena Wilhelmina Frenken, Nederweert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus Beudel (65), Zevenaar, Gld, NL
• Johanna (81), Haaksbergen
• Arnoldus Beudel (66), Zevenaar
• Alida Hopman (80)
• Antoon Johannes VAN DEN HOF (54), Elst (Rhenen) Gelderland Netherlands
• Anna Maria Margaretha Wetzels (75), Noorbeek
• Alvin Dennis Hines (60)
• Arijan Dirksz de Boer (69), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Oostveen (1), Werkhoven (UT, NLD)

• 1916 » Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator († 1993)
• 1916 » João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman († 2016)
• 1916 » Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer († 2017)
• 1917 » John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas († 2014)
• 1919 » Lex Barker, American actor († 1973)
• 1920 » Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic († 2000)
• 1920 » Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director († 1996)
• 1920 » Sloan Wilson, American author and poet († 2003)
• 1920 » Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator († 1991)
• 1922 » Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author († 1992)

• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)

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.
• January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
• May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
• June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
• June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
• June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
• September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.

The temperature on May 8, 1919 was between 4.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.