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• Antonius(2) van Zelf, Zandvoort († 1924)
• Antje Vink, Dodewaard († 2002)
• Arinus Johannes Mollevanger, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Arie van Ojik, Veenendaal († 1989)
• August Johannes Hanewacker, Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland († 1921)
• Arie Kaptein, Heerjansdam († 2011)
• Anna Lichteveld, Ottersum († 1999)
• Alwin Richard Smith, Surabaja, Nederlands-Indië († 2006)
• Dik, Smilde († 1921)
• Bernardus G.L. (Ben) Wijdemans († 2013)

• Alexander Adriaan Baron Van Nagell (62), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Annemarie Merck (22), Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Allemagne
• Bernardus Peterman (77), Lonneker
• Afonso Henriques da Costa Guimarães (50), Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Adriaantje Kamminga (88), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander Adriaan baron van Nagell (62), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Alexander Adriaan van NAGELL (62), Arnhem, 1163, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert T Ensink (68), Ottawa, Michigan, United States
• Antje Hendriks genaamd Modderkolk (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Joostes KAMMINGA (88), Achtkarspelen Friesland Netherlands

• 1918 » Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2003)
• 1918 » Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic
• 1919 » Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant († 2012)
• 1919 » Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher († 1999)
• 1921 » Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1921 » Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1922 » Jean-Pierre Richard, French writer († 2019)
• 1922 » Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1923 » Francisco de Andrade, Portuguese sailor
• 1924 » Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician († 2014)

• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)

• 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.
• March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
• 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.
• July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
• 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.

The temperature on July 15, 1921 was between 6.6 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.