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• Bertha Gerritdina Gort, Hellendoorn/Daarlerveen († 1992)
• Aloys Gerhard Arping, Dingden, Hamminkeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Allemagne († 1992)
• Benoît Boyer de Fonscolombe La Môle, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France († 2012)
• Adolf Westra, Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• Adriana-Johanna PETRI, 's Gravenhage(Nl) († 1988)
• Albert Augustinus Bourdiaudhy, Melsele, België († 2002)
• Andreas Theodorus Spies, Utrecht Dist., Natal, South Africa († 1970)
• Charles William Eberhardt, Ontario, Canada († 1991)
• Antoine Soetemans, Diegem, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1917)
• Anthonie Albertus (Tony) van Bommel († 2001)

• Antonia Snuverink (66), Lonneker
• Anna van Dongen (0), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barendina Catharina Gütlich (25), Rotterdam, Nederland
• (32), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Hendrikx (74), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend van Veen (75), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• BENJAMIN S Craig (76), Bracken, Kentucky, United States
• Camillus VERNIERS (20), Noordschote
• Anthonij van Woersem (Woensel) (72), Dordrecht
• Arthur WALKER (23), France and Flanders

• 1912 » Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager († 2008)
• 1913 » Helene Madison, American swimmer († 1970)
• 1914 » Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician († 2000)
• 1914 » Lester Flatt, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolin player († 1979)
• 1915 » Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent († 2004)
• 1915 » Pat Buttram, American actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe († 1999)
• 1919 » Pauline Kael, American film critic († 2001)
• 1920 » Yves Robert, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1921 » Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer († 2015)

• 1903 » Herbert Vaughan, English cardinal (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (b. 1885)

• 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.
• March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The temperature on June 19, 1917 was between 15.1 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.