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• Adriana van Grinsven, Schijndel (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1999)
• Carolina Mathilde Geerts, Newport,Wales,England († 2001)
• Arie Cornelis van Tintelen, Ingen (Buren-Gl) († 1983)
• Arend Jan Brus, Gendringen († 1981)
• Antonius Saanen, Budel († 1996)
• Arie de Wit, Beverwijk († 2001)
• Albertus Johannes Dorrestijn, amsterdam, Nederland († 1990)
• Anna, Hendrika Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Alphonsus Joannes Deglin, Brustem, België († 1917)
• Catharina van Mourik, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aaltjen de Groot (62), Vorden, Bronckhorst, Nederland
• Berend van der Stege (0), Rotterdam
• Bernardus Casparus Hubertus van Helden (64), Roermond
• Bastiaan Zijlmans (56), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Adriana Maria HERMANS (72), Nijmegen, 1689, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard Casper Hubert Van Helden (64), Roermond, Gemeente Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerritsen (74), Willemstad
• Arthur John Davis #6054**03c02wm (22), France
• Arnolda Vermeulen (63), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alay Alis DeBoard Reese Jenkins Hope (44), Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten

• 1914 » Edward Andrews, American actor († 1985)
• 1915 » Belva Plain, American author († 2010)
• 1915 » Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture († 2010)
• 1918 » Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2013)
• 1918 » Charles Read, Australian air marshal († 2014)
• 1918 » E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author († 2007)
• 1920 » Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1920 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator († 1976)
• 1920 » Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1921 » Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter († 2002)

• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

The temperature on October 9, 1917 was between 5.9 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.