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• Alida Johanna Maria Letschert, Amsterdam
• Benedict (Benoit) Duchateau, Sint-Truiden, België († 1998)
• Adriana Cornelia van Huffel, Bergen op Zoom († 1998)
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Leenders, Renkum, 6871 († 1983)
• Aagje Cornelis Roos, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje Leuntje van Wezel, Middelharnes († 1995)
• Aline Elodie O'Herne, Semarang (Ned. Ind.) († 1992)
• Anthonia de Ronde, Weert († 2006)
• Antonius Franciscus Ferdinand van der Donk, Boven Leeuwen († 1992)
• Anna Hermine Huidekoper, Madioen, Java, Indonesia († 1992)

• Antonia Maria Paalvast (0), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Cornelisd. Blok (70), Egmond aan Zee
• Valk, Roermond
• Annetje Driesen (74)
• Ana Dibbern (64)
• Adriana Elizabeth Boekhout van Solinge (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Blok (70), Egmond aan Zee
• Anna Catharina Paulissen (76), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Ankje Eeltjes Folkertsma (55), Kalkwijk, province of Groningen
• Adriana Jacoba Born (78)

• 1915 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman († 1985)
• 1915 » Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1916 » Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman († 1987)
• 1918 » Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1996)
• 1919 » Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician († 1990)
• 1921 » Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer († 1991)
• 1924 » Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1924 » William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer († 2003)
• 1925 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright († 1971)
• 1926 » Angus Scrimm, American actor and author († 2016)

• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)

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 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 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• 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 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.

The temperature on August 19, 1921 was between 12.1 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.