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• Antonius Franciscus van Aaken, Vessem († 1980)
• Antonius Heronymus Canisius Derks, Nijmegen († 2009)
• Berber Johannes Tabak, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anje Kuiper, Meedhuizen († 1953)
• Andreas Cornelis van der Vorst, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1921)
• Adriaan Marius Kalishoek († 2012)
• Antonius Franciscus van Aaken, Vessem († 1980)
• "Paul" Étienne Georges Eugène Marie Ghislain de La Roche, Thieusies, Soignies, Belgique († 2011)
• Anna Wijngaard, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna Maria Muijen, Someren († 2008)

• Albert Doyle Lee (48), USA
• Alida Susanna van der Reek (60), Leiden
• Albert Dewulf (0), Klerken
• Anna Willink (76), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amelie Billiet (79), Torhout
• Aleida Schoppers (9)
• Aafje Potveer (72), Ursem, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Aerssen Beijeren van Voshol (40), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Hubertina Mertens (68), Neer
• Anna WIELINK (76), Avereest

• 1919 » Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina († 1952)
• 1920 » Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor († 1985)
• 1921 » Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic († 2016)
• 1921 » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author († 1985)
• 1922 » Darren McGavin, American actor and director († 2006)
• 1922 » Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist († 2007)
• 1923 » Anne Baxter, American actress († 1985)
• 1923 » Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey († 2015)
• 1923 » Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter, disc jockey, and radio host († 2016)
• 1924 » Albert Band, French-American director and producer († 2002)

• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)

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.
• March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
• March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
• May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
• 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.
• August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
• 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.

The temperature on May 7, 1921 was between 10.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.