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• Antje Hardijzer, amsterdam, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Gils, Goirle († 1984)
• Albert van Gastel, Kapellen (B) († 1974)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Gils, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Anna Laura Greene, Ingram, Bell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Antje de Dood *, Steenwijkerwold († 2006)
• Adrianus Willem van der Pol, Ridderkerk († 2003)
• Alida (Ali) van der Lans, Hillegom, Netherlands († 2012)
• Aleida Maria Johanna (Leida) Kleinheerenbrink *, Slagharen († 1996)
• Annigje Jonker, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)

• Andreas “Andrew” Genske\Janschke (79), St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
• Bastiaan Romeijn (58), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Arie Matton (37), Utrecht
• Antje Klaasdr Abbekerk (71), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Engberts Blauw (37), ,,, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• * Christina Pauwelina van der Heijden (34), 's Gravenhage
• Aleida Lamberdina Terwindt (74), Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Wind (92), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aldegonda Adriana Hendrika Cornelia Wijn (39), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Wind (92), Giethoorn

• 1919 » Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic
• 1919 » Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer († 1973)
• 1921 » Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 2005)
• 1921 » John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor († 2008)
• 1921 » Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1922 » Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic († 2015)
• 1922 » Paul-Émile Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop († 2014)
• 1923 » Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and producer († 1986)
• 1923 » Ed Cassidy, American jazz and rock drummer († 2012)
• 1923 » Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician († 2006)

• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
• May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
• October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

The temperature on May 4, 1921 was between -2.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.