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• Anna Catharina van Es, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Abraham Nordbeck († 2006)
• Andries Hendrik Hageman, Den Haag
• Albertus BOENDERMAKER, Amsterdam († 2002)
• Antonia Maria Jacquinet, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Adrianus Henricus Egberts, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 1988)
• Arnoldus van Gelder, Leeuwen († 1922)
• Lamers, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Rotscheidt, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Aaltje van Engen, Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland († 2021)

• Age Jans Beintema (90), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Macator (69), Pulle
• Nn Fidom (0), Hoogeveen
• Anna Maria Macator (69), Pulle, Zandhoven, België
• Adriaan Bakker (0), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Anna Catharina Macator (69), Pulle
• Anna Maria Agnes Sundrup (67), Schiedam,-
• Abraham ( Abram) Deyoung (61), Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham (Abram ) DEYOUNG (61), Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
• Anna Varwick (67), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems)

• 1917 » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer († 1989)
• 1917 » Katharine Graham, American publisher († 2001)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)
• 1920 » Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director
• 1920 » Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author († 2002)
• 1920 » José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico († 2004)
• 1920 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic († 2002)
• 1922 » Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach († 2011)
• 1923 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver († 1962)
• 1924 » Faith Domergue, American actress († 1999)

• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)

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.
• January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
• February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
• March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
• March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
• July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
• August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

The temperature on June 16, 1921 was between 6.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.