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• Aaltje Mulder, ,,, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 2008)
• Antonie Albertus Meenink, Doetinchem († 2009)
• Asterius Gaston VAN EEGHEM, Zeebrugge,8380,West-Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 2004)
• pilage, Coevorden, Drenthe, NL († 1975)
• Arend van Werven, Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1921)
• Cristiaan (Chris) de Kok, Naaldwijk († 2008)
• Alice Meira Lins Cintra, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2009)
• Aaltje Mulder, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2020)
• Cecilia Brand, Rijpwetering († 2012)
• Aldegonda Maria (Gon) Clemensd XX* Melker, Egmond Binnen († 1999)

• Bernardus Carolus Josephus Perquin (44), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Dijk (75), Jutphaas
• Anthonie, Gijsbertus Scheerder (73), Rotterdam
• Anna Jane Main * (72), Balko, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States
• Adrianus Johannes van de Stolpe (16), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenietje van den Pol (64), Nijkerk, Nederland
• Abraham Naarden (33), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus Josephus Kwant (23), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van der Sluijs (32), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anthony De Ronde (4), Weert

• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1917 » Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator († 2008)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)
• 1920 » Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1994)
• 1922 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader († 2001)
• 1922 » James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1923 » Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright († 2012)
• 1924 » Fess Parker, American actor († 2010)
• 1924 » Inez Voyce, American baseball player
• 1925 » Willie Jones, American baseball player († 1983)

• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)

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.
• March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
• June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
• July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
• September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
• October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.

The temperature on August 16, 1921 was between 7.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.