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• andré marcel hugoud, chabeuil (les teypes) († 1998)
• Agneta Jane Buffinga († 1986)
• Anna Lameriks († 2000)
• Anna Petronella Maria Zijm, Den Burg († 2004)
• Anna Lameriks († 2000)
• Udo, Culemborg (GL) († 1917)
• Anna Cornelia van de Ven, Eersel, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Adriana Magdalena Ridderhof, Dordrecht († 1994)
• Grisel, Doorn († 1917)
• Arie Bezemer, Giessendam († 1959)

• Aale Uilenreef (79), Almelo
• Andre Joseph DEHERTOGH (57), Paris,75010,Paris,Île-de-France,France,HOPITAL LARIBOISIERE
• Aale Ulenreef (79), Almelo
• Albert Billiet (5), Ukkel
• Udo (0), Culemborg (GL)
• Agatha Van Boven (47), Sint-Niklaas
• Anna Maria Sofie Luise Lang (45), Bloemendaal
• Adriaantje Koedoot (52), Barendrecht
• Anthonie van Geemen (0), Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphine Emilie PATERNOTTE (52), Parijs (11e) Il de France,Pa, Frankrijk

• 1912 » Julia Child, American chef and author († 2004)
• 1914 » Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director († 1996)
• 1915 » Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1917 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop († 1980)
• 1917 » Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1999)
• 1919 » Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1919 » Huntz Hall, American actor († 1999)
• 1920 » Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter († 2008)
• 1921 » August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director († 2012)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

• 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 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on August 15, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.