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• Alma Virginia Maris, Taft, Kern County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• Antonius Johannes Wijfjes, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Aaltje Nijenhuis, Gorssel
• Arend Profijt, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Adrianus Stephanus Dirk Littooy, Oudenhoorn († 2000)
• Aart den Uil († 1985)
• Amelberga Gerarda (Grada) Amalberga Peeters, Susteren, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Albert Poeze, delfzijl († 1988)
• Benedicte Maria Anthonia Mathilde Anna Prinses van Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg († 2011)
• Annie Wijgergangs, Berlicum († 2006)

• Anna Schulein (47), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Age Tjerks Hempenius (44), Wartena
• Anna Maria Cornelia Laureis Leppers (51), Ginneken, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Kort, Ter Apel
• Anna Maria Cornelia Laureis Leppers (51), Ginneken
• Arend Albertus ter Steege (69), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ambrosius Swinkels (83), Helmond
• Antonius Alphonsus Jacobus Snijders Blok (1), Amsterdam
• Antonie Jan Bonouvrie (86), Culemborg
• TUIN (0), Uffelte, gemeente Havelte

• 1916 » Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1917 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist († 1967)
• 1918 » Fay McKenzie, American actress († 2019)
• 1920 » C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author († 2003)
• 1920 » George Rose, English actor and singer († 1988)
• 1920 » Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet († 2007)
• 1922 » Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2015)
• 1924 » David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player and theoretician († 2006)
• 1924 » Lee Marvin, American actor († 1987)
• 1926 » György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic

• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)

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. Jacoba
12. Grietje
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.
• July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
• September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
• September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
• October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
• December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

The temperature on February 19, 1921 was between -1.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.