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• Aaltje Groenendijk, Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• van Mourik, IJsselstein († 1919)
• Albert Jager, Veendam († 1992)
• Carolus Matheus Maria Vos, tilburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Cornelis de Kruijf, Linschoten, Nederland († 1919)
• Anna Bruining, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 2003)
• Aaltje Bruins († 2012)
• Albert JAGER, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1992)
• Bastiaan Glismeijer, Putten († 1994)
• Arvle Walden Willard, USA († 1945)

• Aaltje Schut (82), Heerde
• Andries Ypes Wijbenga (65), Leeuwarden
• Aaltje Blaak (41), Ridderkerk
• Antje van Kralingen (0), Rijnsburg
• Aaltjen Schut (82), Heerde
• Geerts Adrianus (67), Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pollaert (83), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Adrianus Geerts (67), Chaam
• Adriana van Wezel (63), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Barend de Grijs (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1920 » Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright († 1995)
• 1921 » Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman († 1986)
• 1921 » LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter († 2012)
• 1921 » Olga Nardone, American actress († 2010)

• 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)

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.
• March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
• May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
• June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
• September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
• December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on June 8, 1919 was between 12.1 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.