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• Berend Jan (Jan) Visser (Visscher), Wapenveld, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus Albertus Zut, Harenkarspel
• Alida Lucia Maria Roovers, Roosendaal, Nederland († 1997)
• Antje De Weerd, Lemsterland († 1995)
• "Jacqueline" Marie Sophie Gaudin de Saint Rémy, Paris († 2011)
• Berend Aalders († 1987)
• Aukjen Otter, Steenwijk († 2006)
• Anna Frances Wanitschke, Grundy County, Iowa († 2018)
• Alida Cornelia Kooger
• Antonetta Afra Duijn, Limmen († 1964)

• Antonia MIJNDERS (75), Dirksland
• Adriaan van Liere (73), Goes (Kloetinge) (Zeeland)
• Barbara Francisca Bertram (91), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Feldhaus (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje van Marion (66), Rotterdam
• Berendina Hol (0), Geldermalsen
• Adriana van Kuilenburg (71), Oudshoorn
• Albertus Rudolph Daniëls (39), Arnhem
• Barbara Francisca Bertram (91), Gorssel
• Arendje van Marion (66), rotterdam

• 1918 » Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States († 2011)
• 1918 » Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic († 1992)
• 1919 » Ian Smith, Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia († 2007)
• 1921 » Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor († 2003)
• 1921 » Herman van Raalte, Dutch footballer († 2013)
• 1921 » Jan Novák, Czech composer († 1984)
• 1922 » Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress († 1994)
• 1923 » Edward Mulhare, Irish-American actor († 1997)
• 1923 » George Fisher, American cartoonist († 2003)
• 1924 » Frédéric Back, German-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter († 2013)

• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)

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.
• February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
• March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
• March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
• August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
• September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
• November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

The temperature on April 8, 1921 was between -0.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.