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• Anna Francina Claassen, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Eugenia Ingen Housz, ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1971)
• Anna Geerts Riemersma, Holland Township, Sioux County, Iowa († 1986)
• Adriaantje BUSCOP, Ooltgensplaat († 1973)
• Agnes M Frueke, Breese, Clinton, Illinois, United States († 1987)
• Anna Clementina Baeten, Zonhoven († 1988)
• Adriana Johanna MARKIES, Breda († 1995)
• Adriaan Otten
• Alberta Johanna Uppelschoten, Utrecht
• Adriana Huibertje Trapman, Sliedrecht († 2003)

• ARTHUR BREUGELMANS (0)
• Arie Huizer (1), IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Kleijssen (1), Vlijmen
• Adrianus Hendrikus Kaasjager (46), Zaltbommel
• Concetta CRAVOTTA (0), LEONFORTE, Enna, Sicilia, Italia
• Cornelia van der Sloot (0), Rotterdam
• Cornalia Maria Antonia van der Tak (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Johanna Regina Prins (5), 's-Gravenhage
• Berend Bakker (41), Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria C”rvers (89), Grevenbicht, Limburg, Nederland

• 1902 » David Buttolph, American film composer († 1983)
• 1902 » Regina Jonas, German rabbi († 1944)
• 1903 » Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia († 2000)
• 1904 » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Dolores del Río, Mexican actress († 1983)
• 1905 » Franz König, Austrian cardinal († 2004)
• 1907 » Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil († 1996)
• 1907 » Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)
• 1909 » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator († 1971)

• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)

• 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.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on August 3, 1906 was between 15.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.