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• Albert Meilink, Holtheme († 1989)
• Anna Berndina Escher, Oele († 1989)
• Anna Berendina Escher, Oele, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Ale Zondervan, 's-Gravenhage († 1984)
• Adrianus Cornelis OERLEMANS, Sprang-Capelle,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Albert Jan Seubring, Echten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Angeline Ann Svejda, Lena, Oconto, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Albert van Welsum, Heerde (Werven),, Gelderland, Nederland († 1974)
• Alfons Hembrecht, Vrasene
• Albertus Theodore Coners, Ìowa († 1986)

• Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Westerburgen (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrika Stiphout
• Albertus Hendrikus Neijenhuis (57), De Krim (gem. Gramsbergen)
• Antonia de Kok (77), Tilburg
• Catharina Luijks (41), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Maria van Gelder (0), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Antonia de Kok (77), Tilburg
• Cornelis Haast (91), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Adriana Van Haeren (73), Vught
• Catharina Luijks^ (Luijkx) (41), Raamsdonk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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)
• 1915 » Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia († 2003)

• 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)

• 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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• 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.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on September 30, 1909 was between 6.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.