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• Andreas Vleeschouwer, Den Haag
• Alfred Johan Olsen († 1980)
• Anna HOMAN, Blokker († 2000)
• Adriana Maria de Vette, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Lange, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
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• alice marie ALLARD, Warquignies (Belgium) Hainaut († 1940)
• Anna Maria Catharina Adriana van Laarhoven, Zundert
• Anna de Koning, Leiderdorp († 1981)
• Anna Maria Francisca Vermeulen, Reusel († 1987)

• Anthonij Kranendonk (48), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Willebrorda Koppen (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Konijn (60), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Agnes Kruik (34), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Verhaaff (1), Rheden
• Abraham Konijn (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Swildens, Leeuwarden
• Albertus De Saedeleer (8), Aelst
• Anna Maria Severijn (Severijnen) (77), Oosterhout
• Aaltje Veerenhuis (67), Almelo-Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1905 » Mildred Natwick, American actress († 1994)
• 1906 » Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1906 » Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer († 1975)
• 1906 » Walter Rauff, German SS officer († 1984)
• 1907 » Clarence Wiseman, Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army († 1985)
• 1909 » Osamu Dazai, Japanese author († 1948)
• 1909 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player († 1948)
• 1910 » Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist († 1982)
• 1910 » Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1910 » Sydney Allard, English race car driver, founded the Allard Company († 1966)

• 1884 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (b. 1810)
• 1903 » Herbert Vaughan, English cardinal (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)

• 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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• 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.

The temperature on June 19, 1908 was between 11.3 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.