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• Alida Wilhelmina Louiza van der Slot, Noordwijkerhout († 2017)
• Berend Löhr, Veendam († 1945)
• Adriana_Cornelia Maas, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Ben Maas, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude († 2013)
• Bennie Edward Heikens, Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa († 2014)
• Bartholomeus Cornelis Storm, Delft († 1983)
• Augustinus Sonsma, Harich († 1975)
• Bernardus Gerhardus Jacobus Spaaij, Hengelo († 1976)
• Barbara Antonia Wouters, Blerick, Limburg, Nederland († 1975)
• Antonius (Anton) Maatman († 2002)

• Adrianus Joseph de Vet (29), Gilze en Rijen
• Alberta Maria Wilhelmina Boerkamp (11), Voorst
• ANNA BOELE (67), DOORWERTH
• Agnes Georges Tuinstra (35), Cutlerville Gaines Twp Kent Co Michigan US
• Antje Hoogeboom (64), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Ernest FALIZE (64), SPA, Liège, Belgique
• Albert Bouwknegt (77), Deventer
• C.W.L. Kuitert (42), Semarang, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië
• Anna Banus (85), Stadskanaal (Knoal), Groningen, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Wilhelmina Boerkamp (11), Voorst

• 1918 » Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1919 » George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama († 1998)
• 1919 » Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist († 2017)
• 1919 » William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator († 2010)
• 1921 » Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1921 » Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour († 1999)
• 1921 » Monty Hall, Canadian-American television personality and game show host († 2017)
• 1922 » Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist
• 1923 » Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet († 2013)
• 1923 » Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge († 2012)

• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1924 » Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)

• 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.
• 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 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
• October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
• November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
• November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

The temperature on August 25, 1921 was between 12.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.