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• Aartje Zwiep, Rotterdam
• Anthonius Johannes Cornelis Dekker, Utrecht († 1908)
• Wisselink, Heelweg (Wisch) († 1988)
• Aartje Zwiep, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Smolders, Veldhoven († 1908)
• Anna Malipaard, Zevenbergen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1908)
• Bosma, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1908)
• Adrianus Marinus Oerlemans, Udenhout († 1981)
• Aaltje Bakkenes, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)
• Angeline Maria Cosemans, Lanaken (B) († 2003)

• Cornelis Jacobus Tellier (0), Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Kuijvenhoven (82), Loosduinen ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Boos (70), Grootebroek, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste ( Carron ) Caron (81), Ingelmunster
• Antje de Jong (96), Ehze
• Catherine Elizabeth Eamer (71), Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
• Amelia Christine Lange, ook genoemd Dralle (68), Seattle, King County, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Boos (70), Grootebroek
• Adela Van der Biest (74), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Charles Louis VAN LERBERGHE (61)

• 1903 » Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter († 1998)
• 1906 » Janet Gaynor, American actress († 1984)
• 1906 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach († 1946)
• 1908 » Carole Lombard, American actress († 1942)
• 1908 » Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic († 1989)
• 1910 » Barbara Castle, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State († 2002)
• 1910 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer († 1974)
• 1912 » Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician († 2011)
• 1913 » Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer († 1985)

• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on October 6, 1908 was between 4.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.