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• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria van de Haterd, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Arnold Gilbert Weddle [Wk], Pulaski County, Kentucky († 1996)
• Annie Homan († 1994)
• Arnoldus Albertinus Miggels, 's-Gravenhage († 1997)
• Alex Meijer, Poerworedjo, Ned. Indie
• Annetje Leuntje van Wezel, Middelharnes († 1995)
• Anna Hermine Huidekoper, Madioen, Java, Indonesia († 1992)
• Alida Johanna Maria Letschert, Amsterdam
• Anna Gertrud Gerritzen, Duisburg (Duitsland) († 1944)
• Alida Carolina Maria Rosenkamp, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)

• Arnold Friedrich Martin Koepke (1)
• Adriaan van der Vorm (22), Pijnacker
• Anna Catharina Paulissen (76), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelisd X Blok (70), EaZ
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Blok (70), Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Josephine Statzer (53), Bristol, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Elizabeth Boekhout van Solinge (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bob Jefferson Hepbon Jeansonne (47), Alexandria, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
• Benjamin Warren Rarick (3), Texas County, Oklahoma, United States of America
• Annetje Driesen (74)

• 1915 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman († 1985)
• 1915 » Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1916 » Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman († 1987)
• 1918 » Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1996)
• 1919 » Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician († 1990)
• 1921 » Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer († 1991)
• 1924 » Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1924 » William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer († 2003)
• 1925 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright († 1971)
• 1926 » Angus Scrimm, American actor and author († 2016)

• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)

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 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
• May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
• 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.
• August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

The temperature on August 19, 1921 was between 12.1 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.