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• Alida Maria Charlotta Sweers, Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Hollemans, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Albert Boer, Rotterdam
• Adolf August Wilhelm Steffen, Borken (Dld.)
• Alice Ethel Wilkinson, Hendon, Middlesex, England († 1980)
• Habraken, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• 'Marie Alexandra' Jeanne Hubertine Antoinette de LAMINNE de BEX, Bolland, 4653, Liège, Belgique
• Alexis Marie GRANGER, Saint-M'Hervé, 35300, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne
• *Helge Emanuel Solem, Frostviken (Z) († 1984)
• Aaldert Prins, Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen), Nederland

• Albert Broekman (87), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertha Spork (0), Rotterdam
• Andries verbeem (0), Goes
• Allegonda Hannen (77), Uedem Keppeln, 47589, Deutschland
• Griffioen (0), Polsbroek
• Aaltje Nieuwenweg (3), Exloërmond (Odoorn)
• Arie Melkert (69), Gouda
• Aloijsius Hendricus Nuijten (0), Tilburg
• Anna Antonetta Kooimans (Geerligs) (85), Overschie
• Anna Geertruida Zentveld (0), Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1901 » Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader († 1966)
• 1904 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic († 1971)
• 1905 » Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1905 » Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1906 » Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress († 1996)
• 1908 » David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator († 1974)
• 1910 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain († 1962)
• 1911 » Gustave Gilbert, American psychologist († 1977)
• 1912 » Kenny Baker, American singer and actor († 1985)
• 1913 » Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer († 1975)

• 1865 » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1800)
• 1891 » Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1837)
• 1897 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)
• 1910 » Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1838)
• 1942 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 » James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)

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.
• 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 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.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

The temperature on September 30, 1908 was between 10.7 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.