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• Antje Catalina Moolenaar, Sassenheim († 2012)
• Kemmeren, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Adriana (Alie) Stokman, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Arie van den Oever, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Bernard Ferdinand Loriaux, Tegal, Midden-Java († 2003)
• Catharina Henrica van de Spijker, Oirschot († 2009)
• Cornelis Adrianus Opperman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Clasina Gijsbertha van Verseveld, Rotterdam († 2018)
• Broeze, Ypelo, gemeente Wierden († 1918)
• Aart van den Brink, Putten († 1999)

• Alvina Albrecht (62), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Antje (Anna) Jans van der Reid (74), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander de Bleecker, Waarschoot, Belgium
• Anna Hubertina Vos (74), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Maria van Groningen (44), Hilversum
• Albertus de Jong (83), Krimpen aan de Lek
• * Thomas Leonardus Adrianus Reijckers (42), Tilburg
• Ariaantje Roosendaal (76), Ursem
• Berend ten Hoeve (73), Leeuwarden
• Berend Jurjens ten Hoeve (73), Leeuwarden

• 1909 » Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author († 1998)
• 1909 » Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist († 1992)
• 1917 » Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer († 2003)
• 1918 » Willi Graf, German physician and activist († 1943)
• 1919 » Beatrice Hicks, American engineer († 1979)
• 1920 » Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry († 1992)
• 1921 » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1926 » Gino Marchetti, American football player († 2019)

• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 6.6 million citizens.
• May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
• December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

The temperature on January 2, 1918 was between -1.7 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.