About the day » Wednesday August 18, 1909Calender converter

• Anna Maria Ludovica Antonissen, Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Albert Van Meirhaeghe, Kruishoutem († 2003)
• Adrianus Stephanus Commelin, Aardenburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1998)
• Albertus Methorst, Ede († 1986)
• Amelia Emma Wilhelmine Bartz, Fair Haven, Stearns, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• Albert Grooten, Emmen († 1950)
• andreas silvester van de beuken, helden-grashoek († 1980)
• 'Joseph' Charles Camille CONVENT, Etterbeek, 1040, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 1972)
• Albert Grooten, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Wind, Vollenhove, Netherlands († 1988)

• Catharina van Buerink (32), Zwolle
• Catharina Noordam (72), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der LINDEN (79), Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan
• Catharina Noordam (72), Maassluis, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Theodorus Duijnstee (86), Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Pijper (51), Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Jacobus Jongbloed (49), Leiden
• Charlotte Letitia Waterstreet (27), Paddington, New South Wales
• Bontje Veenboer (32), Kloosterveen
• Bertha Fränkel (76), Berlin, Berlin, Germany

• 1906 » Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer († 1971)
• 1906 » Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1908 » Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster († 1977)
• 1908 » Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France († 1988)
• 1908 » Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener († 1994)
• 1909 » Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist († 2005)
• 1910 » Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2001)
• 1910 » Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works († 1969)
• 1911 » Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist († 2015)
• 1911 » Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer († 1963)

• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
• December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

The temperature on August 18, 1909 was between 14.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.