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• Berend Hazewinkel, Harfsen († 2007)
• Anna Maria Catharina Lambers, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 1923)
• Bruining (bruin) Kok, Volendam († 1980)
• (Nelis) (Cor) Cornelis Diependaal († 1981)
• Bernardus van Slooten, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Bernard Frederik Bennink, Doetinchem, Oosseld († 1997)
• Anna Francisca Helena Oude Elberink, Geesteren († 2003)
• Bernard Frederik Bennink, Ambt-Doetinchem (Oosseld) († 1997)
• Ariena van Dijk, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)
• Annechien Boetes, Leeuwarden († 2010)

• Arie Spierenburg (58), Utrecht, Utr, NL
• Abraham Heemstra (57), Niezijl, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Wouters Barendregt (91), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Sjoerds Riksma (30), De Blesse, 8397, Nederland
• Anthonie Janus (80), Amsterdam
• Adam Muller (1), Rotterdam
• Arie Spierenburg (58), Utrecht
• Abraham HEEMSTRA (57), Niezijl (Grijpskerk) Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana Barendrecht (91), Rotterdam
• Janna Stegeman (72), Lonneker

• 1915 » Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1916 » Bill Leonard, American journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II († 1987)
• 1916 » Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist († 1974)
• 1917 » Brad Dexter, American actor († 2002)
• 1917 » Henry Hewes, American theater writer († 2006)
• 1917 » Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet († 1965)
• 1917 » Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer left-half and manager († 2005)
• 1918 » Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House († 2008)
• 1919 » J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC († 1995)

• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (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.
• January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
• June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• 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.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• 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.

The temperature on April 9, 1918 was between 6.1 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.