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• Albertje van der Helm, Wittelte, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Aaltje Kwakman, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)
• Hager, Hallum († 1909)
• Albertje Kussendrager († 1998)
• Adeline Antoinette Julienne Lugens, Lierneux,, Liège, België († 1910)
• Albert Jansen, Wageningen
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius Dekkers, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 1972)
• Anje Bouwman, Tjamsweer (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Aaltje Verweij, Zalk en Veecaten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Katharina Maes, Heerlen,Gemeente Heerlen,Limburg,Nederland

• Camillus DHONDT (37), Gent, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
• Adriana Bevers (86), Oostmalle (België)
• Bieuwktje Pieters VAN DEKKEN (88), Oostermeer (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands
• Bieuwkje Pieters Dekken van (88), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Adriana van Meel (89), Essen (B)
• Adrianus BURG VAN DEN (69), Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
• Andreas Martinus Hermanus Raafs (0), Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus 'Arie' van den Burg (69), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustus Antonius Franck (23), Merksem 2170, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Bieuwkje van Dekken (88), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1899 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1899 » Hart Crane, American poet († 1932)
• 1900 » Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent († 1980)
• 1903 » Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman († 2010)
• 1903 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist († 1986)
• 1908 » Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect († 1996)
• 1911 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist († 1980)
• 1911 » Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1914 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower († 1977)
• 1917 » Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist († 2005)

• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)

• 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 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• 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.

The temperature on July 21, 1909 was between 9.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.