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• Cornelia Geertruida Helena Flohil, Arnhem († 2011)
• Adriaantje Maaike van Noordt, Poortugaal († 1994)
• Antonius Joseph Giezen, Venray († 1925)
• Albert BRUNSTING, Sioux († 1943)
• Wehkamp, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1918)
• Bertus Helfrich († 1983)
• Clara Margueritte Farrell, Bristol Twp, Greene, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Carline Louise Ebeling († 1998)
• Hoeks, Hapert, Nederland († 1918)
• van Steijn, Lisse († 1918)

• Adriaan van Eck (35), Rotterdam
• Agatha Roozendaal (0), Harenkarspel
• Aldegonda Steijvers (1), Eygelshoven
• ABRAHAM BOERS (25), LOOSDUINEN
• Adriana van der Made (63), Made en Drimmelen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adriaan Bernardus van Oerle (2), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Edward BENNETT (25), Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Abraham Breedvelt (80), Rotterdam
• Adriana Catharina van Andel (0)
• Wehkamp (0), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1914 » Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel († 1992)
• 1915 » Bob Kane, American author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1915 » Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author († 1988)
• 1916 » Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Marie Foster, American activist († 2003)
• 1918 » Doreen Tovey, English author († 2008)
• 1919 » Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot († 2008)
• 1920 » Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic († 1996)
• 1921 » R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator († 2015)
• 1921 » Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager († 2005)

• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)

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.
• July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
• August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
• October 11 » The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
• November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

The temperature on October 24, 1918 was between 3.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.