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• Arnoldina Hendrika Louisa (Dinie\Dina) BEKS, Helmond (NL/NB) († 2005)
• Arie Saakes, Genderen (Eethen) († 1989)
• Annigje van Hoff, Tienhoven (Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland († 1996)
• Betty May Blair [McWk] († 2005)
• - Crijns, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1917)
• Antje Engels, Stadskanaal († 2000)
• Athol David ERB († 2000)
• Annigje Visser, Sliedrecht († 1932)
• Catharina Frederika Menses, Rotterdam, Netherlands († 1919)
• Aleida Jantina (Leida) Sikkema, Heerlen († 2011)

• Arie van DRIEL (38), Papendrecht
• Antoni van Bruggen (73), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Storck (77), Amsterdam
• Christina de Man (8), Mill en St. Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Wilbrink (74), Apeldoorn, Gld, Nederland
• Beatrix Hendrikx (77), Horn, Leudal, Limburg, Nederland
• Carolina Been (74), Rotterdam
• Cebastiaan de Ruiter (66), Enschede
• Cebastiaan Teunisen de Ruiter (66), Enschede
• Cornelia Gerarda 't Hooft (58), Gouda, NL

• 1916 » Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player († 1977)
• 1916 » Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer († 2000)
• 1916 » Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford († 2001)
• 1916 » Tchan Fou-li, Chinese photographer († 2018)
• 1918 » Dee Molenaar, American mountaineer († 2020)
• 1918 » Eddie Lopat, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1992)
• 1918 » James Joll, English historian, author, and academic († 1994)
• 1918 » Robert A. Boyd, Canadian engineer († 2006)
• 1918 » Robert Roosa, American economist and banker († 1993)
• 1918 » Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1955)

• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)

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. Arie

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 Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on June 21, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.