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• Dries Elisabeth, Weelde, Antwerpen, België († 1986)
• Andreas Antonius BRUIJNS, Hoeven
• Alice Jeanette Watkins Auxer, Cuyahoga, Ohio
• Aleida Johanna Veldhorst, Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adelaïde Oldigs, de onderneming Saëntis, Sumatra
• Antje Boers, Emmen(Dr) († 1986)
• Alida Witbaard, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Anna Maria Mommers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsius JANSEGERS, Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1978)
• Aletta Elizabeth KRUGER, Brandwag, Standerton

• Berendina Schreuder (68), Renkum
• Anje Niekamp (0), Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Bernardus Antonius Ludovicus Maria Schneider (0), Stad Delden, Ov, Nederland
• Bernard Hermann* Heinrich Schulte (49), Münster, Provinzial-Heilanstalt
• - kind - Verschoor (0), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Cyrillis Maus (0), Ordingen, België
• Abraham van Leeuwen (66), Nijmegen
• Bernardus Antonius Ludovicus Maria Schneider (0), Stad Delden
• Alexander Medard Frans Drucky Prins Lubecky (80), Warschau
• Ariana Leenheer (52)

• 1902 » Earl Averill, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1902 » Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect and academic, designed the Ameritrust Tower († 1981)
• 1903 » Manly Wade Wellman, American author († 1986)
• 1904 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1943)
• 1904 » Robert Montgomery, American actor and director († 1981)
• 1907 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer († 1979)
• 1912 » Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher († 2001)
• 1912 » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic († 1986)
• 1912 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1913 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer († 1976)

• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)

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.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

The temperature on May 21, 1908 was between 8.0 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.