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• Adriana Johanna Pouw, Schalkwijk, Gemeente Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Otten Grote, Emmen († 1908)
• Albert Woudsma, Helpman ( Haren ) († 1979)
• Aaltje Knoppersen, Harderwijk († 1983)
• Amalia Wesselink, Amsterdam
• Alberta STAL, Kampen († 1908)
• Albert Sinnema, Huizum, Friesland, Nederland
• Alda Borges Carneiro, Paranaguá, Paraná, Brasil
• anna Van Laere, Zaffelare, België († 1976)
• Adrianus Nuijten, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)

• Anna Sophia Elze (55), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Aaltje Kok (77), Gouda
• Anje Wiltes van der Tuuk (84), Zuidwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Wiltes Tuuk, van der (84), Zuidwolde, Bedum
• Aantje Wilhelmina van Wijlen (43), Sprang
• Anna Sophia Elze (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Boogmans (73), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Jacoba Johanna Terwindt- (64), Arnhem, Nederland
• Akke Joustra (89), harlingen
• Adriana Maria Johanna van de Vuuren (71), Leiden

• 1903 » Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1904 » Jean Hélion, French painter († 1987)
• 1904 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer († 1945)
• 1905 » Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California († 1996)
• 1911 » Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil († 2000)
• 1911 » Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician († 1991)
• 1912 » Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist († 2012)
• 1912 » Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1913 » Norman Parkinson, English photographer († 1990)
• 1914 » Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling († 2013)

• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)

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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 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.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.

The temperature on April 21, 1908 was between -1.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.