About the day » Thursday October 17, 1918Calender converter

• Adolphus Bradshaw Clarance Depriest [Bu] "Joy' († 1968)
• Aukje Deinum, Koudum, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Buist, Emmen († 1918)
• A. B. Clarence DePriest Jr., North Carolina († 1968)
• Adriana Henrica Cornelia van Egdom, 's Hertogenbosch († 2014)
• Berendina (Dien) Platenkamp († 2006)
• Abraham Wurms, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albertus Buis, Deurne, Nederland († 1975)
• abraham van DAM, ooltgensplaat († 1975)
• Christiaan Boekhoff, Hoorn, Nederland († 1942)

• Adriaan Wittens (74), Tilburg
• (1) Gerritje Raadgers (58), Oude Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Jannesen van Dieren (36), Zwartsluis
• Alice Farias, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Cornelis Faken (32), Enschede
• Andreas Nieuwzwaag (29), Groningen
• Anna Terstall (31), Amsterdam
• Abraham Mata (25), San Pedro, Coahuila, México
• Andreas NIEUWZWAAG (29), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Bouman (83), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1917 » Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor († 2000)
• 1917 » Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor († 2013)
• 1917 » Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer
• 1917 » Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer († 1999)
• 1917 » Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor († 2014)
• 1917 » Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright († 1991)
• 1918 » Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist († 1993)
• 1918 » Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills († 2014)
• 1918 » Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer († 1987)
• 1919 » Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic

• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)

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. Geertruida
14. Helena
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.
• January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
• November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
• November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.

The temperature on October 17, 1918 was between 6.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.