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• Anna POLS, Willebroek,Antwerpen,Belgie
• Abraham Bartholomeus van der LINDE, Amsterdam
• Anna Van der Spree, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletha Maria Lindhout, Heidelberg, Zuid-Afrika († 1909)
• Albert Everts Lok, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove († 1951)
• Anna-Jacoba, N-Tonge
• Adrianus van den Borne, Reusel († 1987)
• Aleida Frederika Fiets († 1983)
• Aaltje van der Heide, Rheezerveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adolf Josephus Alphonsus Cuijpers, Amsterdam († 1993)

• Albertus Andreas Theodorus Buijtendorff (72), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Verhaard (56)
• Antonius Terburg (51), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Thijssen (34), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adeline Wilmes (13), Creighton, Knox, Nebraska, United States
• Berend Boer (79), Emmen
• Andreas Petrus Jacob Otto Streithorst (80), Amsterdam
• Berend Berends Boer (79), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Boer (79), Emmen
• Arnoldus BRAUCKMANN (4), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1906 » Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop († 2009)
• 1906 » Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher († 1993)
• 1906 » Harry Hibbs, English footballer († 1984)
• 1907 » Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic († 1988)
• 1907 » Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author († 1964)
• 1909 » Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist († 2011)
• 1911 » Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States († 1978)
• 1911 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem († 2007)
• 1911 » Vincent Price, American actor († 1993)
• 1912 » John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer († 1982)

• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on May 27, 1909 was between 7.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.