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• Annie Joosen, Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Antonia Rorijs, Rotterdam († 1924)
• Drabbe, Geldermalsen († 1921)
• Aaltjen Nijenhuis, Epse († 1921)
• Antonius van Zeeland, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Agnieta Heiningen, Nieuw-Helvoet, 3222, Nederland († 2005)
• Adriana Jacoba de Vos († 2002)
• Adrianus Carolus Zieck, 's-Gravenhage ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Victor Paeshuyse († 1948)
• Cassie Merle Morgan, Crenshaw County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1979)

• Anna Cornelia van Dam (38), Nieuwveen
• Arie van Geest (45), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Henrica Catharina van Slooten (53), Ginneken,Gemeente Breda,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Barbara Hermans (0), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Speek (78)
• Anna Cornelia van Dam (38), Nieuwveen
• Berend Everts (65), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Baas (55), Zeijerveld(Vries)
• Antje Hofstra (47), Wybmbritseradeel
• Adriana Henrica Catharina van Slooten (53), Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1919 » Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor
• 1920 » Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician († 2013)
• 1920 » Louis Pauwels, French journalist and author († 1997)
• 1921 » Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist († 2013)
• 1922 » Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist and socialite († 2016)
• 1922 » Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author († 1998)
• 1923 » Ike Williams, American boxer († 1994)
• 1923 » Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel († 2016)
• 1924 » James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic († 1987)
• 1924 » Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer († 2005)

• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)

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

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
• September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
• October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
• November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

The temperature on August 2, 1921 was between 13.0 °C and 30.1 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.