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• Antje Vink, Middelie († 1975)
• Catharina, Margaretha (Trientje) Stuijt, Zuid-Oost Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Bertha Hannah ROYLANCE, North Ogden,Weber County,Utah,Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Aaltje Brouwer, Apeldoorn († 2006)
• Benjamin Oskam, IJsselstein († 2005)
• André Aimé CASTELEIN (Casteleyn) († 1999)
• Christina Paulina Guleij, Leiden
• Alexander Verdonck, Breda († 1944)
• Brant Riemers Wijbenga, Twijzelerheide († 1971)
• Christiaan Hubert Beckers, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1987)

• adrianus MOSTERT (55), kethel
• Aafje Petrusdr van Riel (15), Hoorn, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Hendrikus Smulders
• Aurelia Hampton Hampton (10)
• Berend van Dalfsen (58), Hasselt (gem. Zwartewaterland)
• Carolina Leonora Antonia Lenssen (16), Blerick
• Calvin Cook Runyon (78), Van Wert Co.Ohio
• Baukje de Wal (80), Idaarderadeel
• Aan Gerbens (twins) Algera (64), Leeuwarden
• Christina Rooij de (59), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1918 » Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier († 2015)
• 1918 » Paul Farnes, famed World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain († 2020)
• 1918 » Samuel Victor Perry, English biochemist and rugby player († 2009)
• 1919 » Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea († 2006)
• 1919 » Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer († 1999)
• 1920 » Anatole Broyard, American critic and editor († 1990)
• 1923 » Bola Sete, Brazilian guitarist († 1987)
• 1923 » Chris Argyris, American psychologist, theorist, and academic († 2013)
• 1924 » Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 († 2014)
• 1924 » James L. Greenfield, American journalist and politician

• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)

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 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
• March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
• 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 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
• October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
• October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

The temperature on July 16, 1921 was between 12.5 °C and 29.1 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.