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• Ada Beatrice Blaising, Crestline, Crawford Co., Ohio
• Alida Elisabeth Bodewes, Hoogezand, Foxholsterbosch († 1974)
• Aaltje Riksien Zuiderbaan, Barger-Oosterveen Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Allbertus Johannes van Ommen, Viersen (Dld.) († 1986)
• Adriana Cornelia Quist, Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1963)
• * Jan de Haas, Leiden († 1973)
• Adriana Cornelia Quist, Oosterland, Nederland († 1963)
• Aalbert Jan van de Scheur, Achterberg
• Albert Henry de Weerd, Perkins, Sioux County, Iowa († 1989)
• Aaltje de Graaf, Emmen Drenthe († 1929)

• Adriana Konstant Dalebout (88), Rotterdam
• Antje Vlam (72), Warmenhuizen
• Anna Cornelia Alexander (91), Doorwerth
• Adriana Vlaminckx, Gilze-Rijen
• 00 Cornelis Baars (69), Oudewater, Utrecht, NL
• Alida Dobber (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ale Tjerks de Jong (4), oenkerk
• Antonia Heideman (85), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Andries Geijl (78), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Ann Welsh (67), Scottdale, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)
• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)
• 1907 » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent († 2014)
• 1908 » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete († 1949)
• 1911 » Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer († 1990)
• 1913 » John Broome, American author († 1999)
• 1913 » Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark († 2007)
• 1914 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna († 1971)
• 1916 » Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist († 2006)

• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)

• 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 5.9 million citizens.
• March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
• June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
• July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
• September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
• October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
• December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

The temperature on May 4, 1910 was between -1.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.