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• Adriana Minderhoud, Westkapelle († 1987)
• Aaltje Wildeman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Agatha Johanna van Ooijen, Utrecht († 1989)
• Adrianus Johannes Willem van Helden, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Albertus Petrus Loman, Laren (NH, NLD) († 1986)
• Alphonse Marie Jean BEX, Leuven (B)
• Albertus Petrus Loman, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1986)
• van Nieuwburg, Dinteloord, Nederland († 1982)
• Aalbert van der WAL, Haaften (Gld.)
• Adriana Louiza de Groot, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• Cornelis van der Hout (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Spaan (37), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Hageman (0), Amsterdam
• Andries Visser (75), Werkendam, Nederland
• Adriana Francina Rutgers (3), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie STOLK (29), Schiedam
• Anthonius Henricus Vullings (0), Grubbenvorst,Li.NL
• Caroline Evalina ATKINS (84), Chetopa, Kansas
• Barber Swart (87), Ransdorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Adelheid (Ouders:Johannes Bernhard Bolmer, Anna Margaretha Maria Bolmer (born Jansen)) Bolmer (71), Groß Fullen

• 1905 » Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach († 1996)
• 1905 » Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player († 2011)
• 1907 » Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy († 1983)
• 1907 » Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer († 1992)
• 1907 » Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian († 1984)
• 1909 » A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1977)
• 1909 » Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR († 1992)
• 1911 » Al Helfer, American sportscaster († 1975)
• 1913 » Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player († 1998)
• 1914 » Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer († 2009)

• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)
• 1945 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• 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 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.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.

The temperature on September 26, 1908 was between 8.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.