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• Adrianus Cornelis Koolen, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Adriana Maria BIE, de, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Adrianus van Schaaik, Echteld († 1909)
• Adrianus Johan Vreugdenhil, Monster († 1972)
• Aalt van Dunschoten, Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1979)
• Aaltje de Graaf, Bunschoten
• Adrianus Johan Vreugdenhil, Monster, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriana Hal van, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Henriette Bakker, Tjepoe, Indonesië
• Aimée DELANNOY, Enghien, 55010, Hainaut, Belgique († 1944)

• Antje Johanna Tobias (86), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Nuyens (46), Austruweel, Provincie Antwerpen
• Agatha Petronilla Catharina Maria PILLOT (12), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke Meints Bottema (64), Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands
• Cecilia Maria van Hal (81), Rosmalen, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannis Stoutjesdijk (77), St. Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie van Heusden (26), Haaften
• AUGUSTUS MAES (58), ZWIJNDRECHT,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE
• Anna Maria Catharina MOORS (1), Waterschei (Limburg) (B)
• Antje Johannes Tobias (86), Huizen

• 1903 » Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor († 1988)
• 1904 » Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1907 » Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician († 1944)
• 1907 » Patience Strong, English poet and journalist († 1990)
• 1907 » Rosalind Russell, American actress († 1976)
• 1910 » Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft († 1999)
• 1912 » Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter († 1993)
• 1915 » Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali († 1977)
• 1915 » Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director († 1965)
• 1915 » Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)

• 1875 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
• 1922 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
• 1928 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on June 4, 1908 was between 15.7 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.