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• Andrisina Johanna Petronella Danse, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1935)
• Andreas Mulders, Opoeteren, België († 1999)
• Anna Maria Seraphina Blommaert, Hulst († 1971)
• Adrianus van der WULP, Dordrecht († 1977)
• Albert Theodor Prollius, Kreuth bei Tegernsee († 1992)
• Andries de Kraker, Terneuzen
• Adrianus van der Wulp, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Alexandre Bonn, Luxembourg, Luxembourg († 2008)
• Alfons Frans Therees van BERGEN, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België († 1975)
• Veld, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1908)

• Berendina Johanna Maria Clasina de Vries (0), Amersfoort
• Anna Elisa Virginia TUERLINCKX (80), Borgerhout,2140,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arie Verschoor (70), Ammerstol
• Anna Wilhelmina Grada van Londen (0), Didam, Nederland
• Adeline Ronsse (0), Moregem
• Catharina Hendrika Diepenbeek (53), Haarlem
• Alida van der Velden (56), Delft (ZH-NLD)
• van Hoorn (0), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Wilhelmus de Bruijn (22), Bussum
• Catharina Francisca Eliza Fijnaut (1), 's Hertogenbosch

• 1904 » Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor († 1991)
• 1904 » Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer († 2003)
• 1905 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1907 » Frithjof Schuon, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author († 1998)
• 1908 » Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host († 1969)
• 1908 » Nedra Volz, American actress († 2003)
• 1908 » Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician († 1997)
• 1910 » Avon Long, American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1910 » Dick Foran, American actor and singer († 1979)
• 1910 » Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader († 1995)

• 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)

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 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• 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.

The temperature on June 18, 1908 was between 11.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.