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• Anna Benker, Heede († 1991)
• Hoek, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adrianus IJsbrand Kuiper, Den Helder († 1993)
• Adriana Dijke, Oost en West-Souburg († 1990)
• Aalke van der Meer, gemeente Tietjerksteradeel († 1999)
• Adriana Hendrika van Veggelen, Asperen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Bailey ****, Tyler, Smith, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1958)
• Andreas Sandten, Emmen(Dr)
• Anna Amelberga Noorts, Temse († 1985)
• Alexander HENDRIKS, Zwolle († 1975)

• Amanda Elizabeth Parkey (94), Oneida, Nemaha, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard Jules Dibbets (49), Ermelo (Veldwijk), Gelderland Nederland
• Alexander Milne Thomson Ross (64), Thames, New Zealand
• Adolf Abraham Oberski Obrzycki (52), Beisforf, Berlin
• Alphonsus Josephus Huwel (0), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• (2) Johanna Ploeg (74), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• David VAN SPANDAU (83), Oude Pekela Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hubertina Delnoije (1), Vaals (Vaals) (Limburg)
• Adrianus Meeuwissen (41), Princenhage
• Andries van Cranenbroeck (60)

• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)
• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)
• 1912 » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter († 1981)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

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.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

The temperature on October 2, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.