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• Adriaan (Arjaan) Viergever († 1969)
• Ane Cornelis DE VISSER, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Gemeente Made en Drimmelen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1908)
• Adriaan Viergever
• Antoinetta Korff, Maastricht
• Alma Marie Cook, Germantown, Henry Country, MO († 2002)
• Albert Bruins, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• GABRIELLE, WAKKEN
• Albert Sanders, Klijndijk, Odoorn
• Nn Van Der Weide, Hollandscheveld († 1908)
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Diessen

• Adriana Wilhelmina Gunneweg (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Eringaard (0), Rotterdam
• Andrew Jackson VanPelt (46)
• Abraham Bolstier (22), Leiden
• Etzel, Wehrheim, Hessen, Deutschland
• Albert Vrieling (46), Emmen
• Anna Maria Witvliet (18), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Heleveld (74), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Heleveld (74), Blokzijl
• Aloijsius Hendrikus van Broekhoven (35), Vught (N.Br)

• 1904 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer († 1977)
• 1904 » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)
• 1909 » John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2010)
• 1910 » Harry Horner, American director and production designer († 1994)
• 1912 » Essie Summers, New Zealand author († 1998)
• 1913 » Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor († 2010)
• 1914 » Alan Waddell, Australian walker († 2008)
• 1914 » Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2007)
• 1914 » Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician († 2015)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• 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.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on July 24, 1908 was between 11.6 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.