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• Adriana (Adri) Vogel, Numansdorp († 1992)
• Aldert Bloemhof, Burgum, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Nederland († 1920)
• Andreas Johannes Wolters van der Weij, Arnhem († 1987)
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Gerardus (Arnold) Vertegaal, Hazerswoude-Dorp, ZH, Nederland († 2005)
• Altha Mae Fields, Trezevant, Carroll, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Andrea Johannes Wolters van der Weij, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1987)
• Catharina Johanna Scholten, Amsterdam
• Bernardus Bos, Hengelo († 1919)
• Abraham Hielke Constants Waasdorp, Dordrecht († 1998)
• Anje Doek, Valthermond, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)

• Adriaan Kerkhove (0), Vlissingen
• Anna J. Headings (81), Johnson, IA
• Anna Maria van Eden (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Roos (64), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Jan van Helvoort (69), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus HELVOORT, van (69), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Buurman (35), Herwen en Aerdt
• Anna M. Elder (87), Winnsboro SC
• Andries Huisman (70), Oudwoude
• Abraham Roos (64), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1916 » Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1916 » Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1919 » Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator († 1994)
• 1920 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author († 1974)
• 1920 » Marion Motley, American football player and coach († 1999)
• 1922 » Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician († 2013)
• 1922 » Sheila Sim, English actress († 2016)
• 1923 » Daniel Pinkham, American organist and composer († 2006)
• 1923 » Jorge Daponte, Argentinian racing driver († 1963)
• 1923 » Roger Lebel, Canadian actor († 1994)

• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
• 1930 » Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1934 » Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)

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.
• January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
• July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
• July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
• September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• 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.

The temperature on June 5, 1919 was between 10.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.