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• Albert Johan Valentijn († 1909)
• Anna Ottolina Maria Meijer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Pieters van Klaveren, Rijnsburg
• Aaltje Ruizendaal († 1908)
• Albertje Huizinga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Sipma, Vrouwenparochie (Het Bildt-Fr)
• Baart, Oudelande († 1908)
• Alida Maria Vis († 1996)
• Adrianus van Leeuwen, Hedel († 1909)
• Anna Hendrika Steneker, Amsterdam († 1968)

• Aria Vermaat (64), Rotterdam
• Agatha Grasjus (67), Warnsveld (Zutphen)
• Arie van Holst (83)
• Antonius Godefridus Cornelis van HOUT (0), Eindhoven (Nb,Nl)
• Arnoldus Olijslagers (71), Veghel
• Adriana Boode (67), Amersfoort
• Baart (0), Oudelande
• Antonetta de Bijl (82), Horst, Li.NL
• adriana catharina buul van (1), oss
• Anna Francisca van Campenhoudt (88), Sint-Amands, Antwerpen, België

• 1906 » J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist († 1985)
• 1906 » Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal († 2001)
• 1907 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer († 1930)
• 1907 » Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1907 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain († 2001)
• 1908 » Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic († 1961)
• 1908 » Lee Wiley, American singer († 1975)
• 1908 » Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant († 1944)
• 1909 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop († 2000)
• 1911 » Joe Rosenthal, American photographer († 2006)

• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 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.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

The temperature on October 9, 1908 was between 6.7 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.