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• Aline Magnan
• Adriana Wijnands, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alicia PATTERSON, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1963)
• Adriana, Wilhelmina Jantina Lazet, Amsterdam NHO († 1971)
• Adriana wilhelmina jantina Lazet, Amsterdam († 1971)
• Adriana Stupers, Vlijmen († 1938)
• Adriaantje van Strijen, Schiedam
• Adriana Wijnands, Monster
• Adriana Sophia van der Waard, Rotterdam
• Abraham Vrolijk, Den Haag(ZH) († 1976)

• Anna VANDEPITTE (69), Lissewege,8380,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Antonia Joanna Bogers (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arent Jan Lantink (20), Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Jans Kleistra (80), Oudehorne
• Bertha van Straten (0), Hagestein
• Antonia van der Doelen (1), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustus Reber (67), Wells, Indiana, United States
• Catharina Johanna van den Hooven (45), Drunen
• Boersen (0), Allegan Co, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Johanna Hooven van den (45), Drunen

• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1907 » Varian Fry, American journalist and author († 1967)
• 1908 » Herman Chittison, American pianist († 1967)
• 1908 » John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India († 2006)
• 1909 » Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1909 » Robert Trout, American journalist († 2000)
• 1910 » Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan († 1990)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

• 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on October 15, 1906 was between 1.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.