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• Anna Maria Jeene, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Alfons Van Beurden, Ravels,Antwerp,Belgium († 1971)
• Abraham de ROO, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Louise Jensen, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Aart jan van Es, Geldermalsen
• Aart Jan van Es, Geldermalsen
• Anni HENNING, Burg/Fehmarn (DE)
• Alberta Geertruida Schipper, Vriezenveen, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriana Clasina Mattu, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Alexander van Leeuwen, 's-Gravenhage († 1943)

• Antoinetta Labeur (68), Goes
• Adrianus Alexander Cornelis Brands (0), Tilburg
• Aaltje Hanzes Veenstra (87), vroomshoop
• Abraham van Gilst (88), Bruinisse
• Antonius van der Heijden (66), Uden (NB, NLD)
• Anna Koole (0), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Herman Frederik Agerbeek (1), Klaten, Midden-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Anna Gertrudis Schabregts (66), Schoonbeek-Beverst
• Aaltje Hans Veenstra (87)
• Arie Schouten (70), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1902 » Peter Acland, English soldier († 1993)
• 1905 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1984)
• 1907 » Eddie Dean, American singer-songwriter († 1999)
• 1908 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar († 1973)
• 1908 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator († 1976)
• 1909 » Basil Wolverton, American author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1910 » Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist († 2001)
• 1911 » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author († 2008)
• 1911 » Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1914 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany († 1999)

• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
• 1938 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
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. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on July 9, 1908 was between 12.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.