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• Andre Victor Charle Lamers, Koedoes, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anneke Waaijenberg, Wekerom († 2001)
• Aloijsius Maria Brandenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Roosmalen, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Alida Hendrika Barendse
• Aafje Dieuwertje Waiboer, Anna Paulowna, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana Maria Oerlemans, Gemeente Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1921)
• Adam Ammersken, Veelerveen (gem. Westerwolde) († 1917)
• Albertus Bonne Niks, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Adriana Raaijmakers, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)

• Arnoldus Johannes Strucker (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrijna van Straaten (53), Oldenzaal
• Ann Craig (64), Penland, Snow Creek Twp., Mitchell, North Carolina
• Aartje van der Dool (83), Wijngaarden
• Anna Koster, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Oorschot (67), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Antonia Mulder (15), Deventer
• Anna Koster (44), Rotterdam,Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Adriana Tollenaar (57), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Antonie Cornelis de Leeuw (0), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1915 » Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet († 2015)
• 1916 » Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1916 » Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator († 1992)
• 1917 » Byron White, American football player and judge († 2002)
• 1918 » George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician († 1994)
• 1918 » John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic († 2016)
• 1918 » John H. Ross, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1918 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer († 1987)
• 1919 » John R. Deane, Jr., American general († 2013)

• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)

• 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.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on June 8, 1917 was between 15.0 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.