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• Berdina Hendrika de Rijk, Amsterdam († 2002)
• Alice Gustave Vergult, Ruisbroek, 2870, Puurs, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1997)
• Antonetta Geziena Wiggers († 1943)
• Aaltje Vortman, Midwolda († 1934)
• Cornelia Korpershoek, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2000)
• Carlos Alberto Caicedo Arboleda, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia († 2010)
• Amzie Cooper Williams, Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States († 2002)
• Andy Hugo Bents, Rushmore, Nobles County, Iowa († 1964)
• Berend Scholtens, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arleigh B. Terry, Carlisle County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1945)

• Aleida Johanna Bussink (24), Westendorp(Wisch)
• Arie van der HEUL (1), Gouderak
• Anna Miatke (87), Peters Hill, South Australia
• Adriana Pieternella Moerland (84), Sint Maartensdijk
• Adrianus Thomas Timmermans (56), Wouw, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Arie van der Roest (0), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Antonius Leonardus Hubertus Kneepkens (49), Weert
• Allan Van Tuyl Burchard (22), Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas, United States of America
• Anje Van Dijken (70), Garmerwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Boris Dimitrievich Galitzin (28), Tsarizine, Russia

• 1913 » Carlo L. Golino, Italian-American author, critic, and academic († 1991)
• 1915 » Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer († 1987)
• 1916 » Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger († 1989)
• 1917 » Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation († 2015)
• 1918 » Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1919 » Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO († 2018)
• 1923 » Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster († 2004)
• 1923 » V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1986)
• 1925 » Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation († 2013)
• 1925 » Maxine Kumin, American poet and author († 2014)

• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
• 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
• 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)

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.
• February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
• May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
• June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
• December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

The temperature on June 6, 1919 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.