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• Agnes Schwarzbeg, Altenhagen, Hagen a.T.W., Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 2001)
• Albert Hamberg, Bruchterveld († 1990)
• Aart Van Weverwijk, Schoonrewoerd,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Aaltje Jandr de Ruiter, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Agnes Ann Schuur, German Valley, Stephenson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Aimé-BienvenVictorien BAUMANS, Seraing († 1991)
• Adriaan Zitter, Tegal (Java) († 1986)
• Aaltje Loots, Muntendam
• Adriana Maria van Rooyen († 1974)
• Aaltje de Ruiter, Amsterdam († 1997)

• Albert Groenink (65), Steenwijk
• Anna Maria Hermina Sondag (84), Vlissingen
• Angeline Hoover (62)
• Andries van Dommelen (47), Capelle
• (naamloos) van den Hoven (0), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Anna Christina Knoors (0), Obbicht en Papenhoven (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Antje de Boer (66)
• Ale Elses Carst (85), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Schipstal (0), Boekel
• Andries van Dommelen (47), Capelle

• 1904 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author († 1987)
• 1905 » Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet († 1978)
• 1906 » André Filho, Brazilian musician and songwriter († 1974)
• 1906 » Jim Thompson, American businessman († 1967)
• 1906 » John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist († 1978)
• 1907 » Zoltán Kemény, Hungarian sculptor († 1965)
• 1909 » Harry Lane, English footballer († 1977)
• 1910 » Julio Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery († 1993)
• 1910 » Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Bangladeshi librarian and educator († 1978)
• 1911 » Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor († 1992)

• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)

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 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• 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.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

The temperature on March 21, 1908 was between -1.7 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.