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• Carl Raymond STEWART, Gibson County Indiana U.S.A († 1986)
• Adriana Hage, Ouwerkerk († 2016)
• Alofje de Groot, Jorwert († 2003)
• Andreas, Andries Veuger, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriana Maria van de Ven, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Aukje Visser († 2008)
• Anton Heinrich Börger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Antonetta Maria Reijs, Stratum († 1919)
• Bondina Visser, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
• Aaltje Sophia Hage, Haarlemmermeer († 2006)

• Cornelia van Hiel (46), Haarlem
• Aaffien Jager (35), Amsterdam
• Catherine Graham (82), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Rijnhout (36), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Johannes Kersjes (2), Arnhem
• Alida, Wilhelmina Monden (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Doldersum
• Cornelia van Hiel (46), Haarlem
• Celina Marie De Blieck (35), Heusden
• Alida Wilhelmina Monden (79), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)

• 1914 » Juanita Moore, American actress († 2014)
• 1916 » Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist († 1985)
• 1916 » Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1916 » Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist († 1986)
• 1917 » Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician
• 1917 » Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic († 2019)
• 1917 » William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator († 1995)
• 1918 » Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia († 2014)
• 1918 » Russell Kirk, American theorist and author († 1994)

• 1897 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)
• 1905 » Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843)
• 1916 » Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
• 1918 » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
• December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The temperature on October 19, 1917 was between 1.8 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.