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• Adriana Cornelia Maria Verbaandert, Hooge en Lage Mierde († 1990)
• Anna Veerman, Rotterdam († 1994)
• Alice McCreery, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, United States of America († 1990)
• Allie Mae Hurt, Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia († 1986)
• Alphonsus Elisabeth Dionysius Smarius, Tilburg († 1958)
• Anna Catharina Frederix, Stokrooie, België († 1992)
• * Dirksje Cornelia Tameris, IJsselmonde
• Albertus van de Scheur, Rhenen
• anna helena backus, helden († 1997)
• Adolf Joseph Van Belle, Brugge-St Andries

• Abraham Hamburger (70), Amsterdam, 1000, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kune (71), Rotterdam
• Anne Reid Witherspoon (59), Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina
• Albert Plekkenpol (55), Harfsen (Lochem), Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertien Veldhuis (47), Nietap, Nederland
• "Charles" Marie Paul de Potesta (73), Hermalle-sous-Huy, Engis, Belgique
• Biense Pieters Rienks (41), Ulrum, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Anton Gunter (65), Rottum, Kantens
• Barteld Nieuwold (78), Euvelgunne (Noorddijk)
• Adriana Zwezerijnen (0), Jutphaas

• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)
• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)
• 1910 » Ray Lewis, Canadian runner († 2003)
• 1913 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens († 1959)
• 1913 » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer († 2000)

• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)

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.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

The temperature on October 8, 1909 was between 10.4 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.