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• Anna Verbeek, Amsterdam († 1982)
• Ancelma Philomena Antonia Maria (Selma) Valkenberg, Tilburg, NB, Nederland († 2011)
• Antonetta Smulders, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Arnolda Maria van den Brand, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Atje Veenstra, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1921)
• Baukje Neef, Oldeholtwolde († 2004)
• Adelia Augusta Marta (Dela) Rethans, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Anna Stolk, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Aron Ensel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• André Charles DECOSTER, Quévy-le-Petit,7040,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE,BELGIQUE († 2007)

• Adrianus van Dalen (80), Zwijndrecht Z.H
• Daniel de Vries (75), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Christina Blankestijn (0), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van den Boogert (29), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Dalen (80), Zwijndrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Meijers (1), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Jan van EEKELEN (54), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Andries Hup (63), Assen
• Ebenezer George BONNER (44), Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
• Christina Blankesteijn (0), Noordwijk

• 1916 » João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman († 2016)
• 1917 » John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas († 2014)
• 1919 » Lex Barker, American actor († 1973)
• 1920 » Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic († 2000)
• 1920 » Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director († 1996)
• 1920 » Sloan Wilson, American author and poet († 2003)
• 1920 » Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator († 1991)
• 1922 » Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author († 1992)
• 1924 » S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1989)
• 1925 » Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania

• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)

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.
• January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
• March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
• April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• 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 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.
• November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

The temperature on May 8, 1921 was between 9.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.