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• André Victor Marie DOUDLET, Ledeberg,9050,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1983)
• Afke Schaafsma († 1998)
• Aaltje Klazina Boom, Lekkerland († 1962)
• Aaltje Klazina Boom, Lekkerland († 1962)
• Adrianus Petrus Bismeijer, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands († 1988)
• Aaltje Blokzijl, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (Stillborn) SCHOLTMEIJER, Haren Groningen Netherlands († 1906)
• Anna Teuntje Versloot, Woerden, Nederland († 1992)
• Aaltje van der Werf, Wilhelmsoord, Drenthe, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert Hagens, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland

• Anna Elizabeth VAN PIGGELEN (78), Zwolle, Province of Overijssel, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) SCHOLTMEIJER (0), Haren Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia de KONINGH (77), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Bruin (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Peters (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
• Albertus Bernardus Meuleman (68), Epe
• Aleidius Cornelis de Vries Broekman (1), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Peters (0), Angeren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Waal (72), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus de Waal (72), Roosendaal

• 1901 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1901 » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Diana Vreeland, American journalist († 1989)
• 1903 » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (1946-1952) († 1983)
• 1904 » Greer Garson, English-American actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman († 1998)
• 1907 » George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix († 1996)
• 1908 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator († 1967)
• 1910 » Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist († 1977)
• 1910 » Virginia Bruce, American actress († 1982)

• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).
• 1925 » Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)

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

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

• 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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on September 29, 1906 was between 2.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.