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• Aaltje de Leeuw, Den Helder († 2001)
• Barney Cecil Miller, Alvord, Wise County, Texas, United States of America († 2012)
• Bohumil Zavadil, Střížovice († 1998)
• Albert de Bruin, Elspeet († 1994)
• Anna Maria Bremmers, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 2007)
• Aldert Vos, Schöninghsdorf, Emsland, Duitsland († 1925)
• Aaltje de Vries, Schiedam († 1981)
• Angele Maria HEYNEMAN, Ramskapelle (Brugge),8301,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 2015)
• Alfred J Hoogland, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1989)
• Arend van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)

• Berendina Merritje Versteeg (0), Zuid Eschmarke
• Albert Jansz Blok (29), Zee, abv Pollux IJM 339, stoomdrifter tgv vergaan in storm
• Bernice Eileen Davis (1), Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois
• Anthonij van der Roer (87), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij van der Roer (87), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Vrolijk (0), Krimpen aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Wilhelmina Schravemade (3), Den Haag
• Charlotte Jozephine ConstantineMarianne Baar (68), Appeltern, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alle Warners (85), Wyoming Tshp, Kent Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gerardina de Lichte (45), Haarlem

• 1914 » Eddie Chapman, English spy († 1997)
• 1915 » Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author († 2017)
• 1916 » Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist († 1983)
• 1916 » Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer († 1988)
• 1916 » Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director († 1996)
• 1922 » Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer († 2015)
• 1922 » José Saramago, Portuguese novelist († 2010)
• 1924 » Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach († 2014)
• 1924 » Sam Farber, American businessman († 2013)
• 1927 » Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer († 1983)

• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

• 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.
• January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
• February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
• March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
• May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
• October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
• October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.

The temperature on November 16, 1921 was between -2.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.