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• Adrianus Epke, Midwoud, Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriaan van der FLIER
• Adrianus Haspers, Rotterdam († 1983)
• Age Feitsma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Albert Tiemstra, Harrison, Douglas County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Adeline Rennen, Sint-Truiden, België
• Alice Francisca Scheire, Deurne († 1971)
• Aaltje Helder, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Lubbers, Ter-Apelkanaal, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Slomp, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)

• Catharina Daems (85), Zundert
• CAROLUS LAS VAN BENNEKOM (2), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Marie Joseph Morel de Westgaver (50), Gand, Flandre Orientale, Belgique
• Bertha Arnolda Nunnikhoven (1), Chaam
• Anna Elisabeth Faasse (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Morel de Westgaver (50), Gand
• Adriana van der Lelij (59), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Verwaal Teunis (81), Lekkerkerk
• Barbara Ligtvoet (83), Leiderdorp
• Andreas Jans (73), Lubbeek, Arrondissement de Louvain

• 1906 » Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author († 1959)
• 1907 » Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist and academic († 2008)
• 1908 » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1908 » Mel Blanc, American voice actor († 1989)
• 1909 » Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader († 1986)
• 1909 » Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer († 1988)
• 1909 » Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent († 1997)
• 1910 » Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author († 2011)
• 1912 » Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic († 1996)
• 1912 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)

• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• 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 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on May 30, 1908 was between 12.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.