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• * Hendrikus Johannes van Hoof, Stiphout
• Anje Johanna van de Laan, Middelstum
• Anna Sarah Rykhoek, Carmel, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Adrianus Cornelius Boden, Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Flohil, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1908)
• Ale Ernstes Koster, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• André Silva Loyolla, Barreiras, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Anna-Maria Scheid, Warmenhuizen
• Aliosio Gerardo Solognier, Aruba († 2000)
• Antje Bleumink, Brummen, Nederland

• Adrianus Cornelis Verwijmeren (0), Breda
• Anna Maria Hest van (80), Tilburg
• Adolf Schouten (73), Zeist
• Antje de Kuijper (75), Schelluinen (NL)
• Antonius Hubertus Roestenburg (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jacobs Zoodsma (73), St. Jacobiparochie
• Adriana van AMELSVOORT (68), Loon op Zand,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Derhaag (1), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Derhaag (1), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adam Anthonius van den Berg (44), Delft

• 1903 » Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator († 2003)
• 1903 » Hermann Engelhard, German runner and coach († 1984)
• 1905 » Jacques Goddet, French journalist († 2000)
• 1905 » Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author († 1980)
• 1908 » William Frankena, American philosopher and academic († 1994)
• 1910 » Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and author († 1971)
• 1911 » Irving Fein, American producer and manager († 2012)
• 1912 » Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1912 » Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic († 1989)
• 1912 » Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright († 2009)

• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)

• 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.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• 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 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on June 21, 1908 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.