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• Antonie VAN DER BEEK, Meeuwen († 1994)
• Abraham van Dal, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Ada Jeannette BLIEK, Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, United States († 1999)
• Agnes Hennus, Hees, Mopertingen (B) († 1993)
• Adam Bolluijt, Dinteloord († 1920)
• Aaltje Stoffelsen, Putten († 1992)
• Arnoldina Johanna de Vos, Soest († 2001)
• Antje van der Stoel, Leiderdorp († 2006)
• Alexander Lucas Crevecoeur, 's-Gravenhage († 2011)
• Arthur Maurice Zonnekeyn, Sangatte, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)

• Anna van Rooden (0), Hillegom
• Aleida Oord (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Verkade (2), Wassenaar
• Adrianus Johannes (1) Verkade (2), Wassenaar
• Aleida Oord (54), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Belga (0), Peize (gem. Noordenveld)
• Adriaan Cornelisse (64), Koudekerke
• Aagje Langeberg (69), Waarder
• Anna Maria van Amelsfoort (0), Goirle
• Adriaan Sannen (1), Zundert, Nederland

• 1914 » Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot († 1999)
• 1914 » Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician († 1944)
• 1914 » Zachary Scott, American actor († 1965)
• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)
• 1917 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer († 1996)
• 1917 » Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1921 » John Rawls, American philosopher and academic († 2002)
• 1921 » Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer († 2009)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
• June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
• October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
• November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
• December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on February 21, 1919 was between 7.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.