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• van Tellingen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1918)
• Adrianus Leonardus Droogh, Zoetermeer († 1918)
• Anny Langøen, Austrheim, Hordaland, Norge († 2005)
• Antonius Johannes Oerlemans, Dongen (Dongen) (Noord-Brabant) († 2000)
• Charlotte Lovell Fish, Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Charles Eldon Raiford Sr († 1995)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Lübbert, Voorhout († 1918)
• Catharina Maria Moonen, Udenhout († 1918)
• Alphonsus Gerardus de Bijl, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Antonius van den Bosch, Vlijmen († 1923)

• Adriana Suzanna Fremouw (71), Zuidzande, Zeeland, NL
• Arent Hendriks(e) (68), Driebergen, Nederland
• ABRAHAM KORENEEF (59), ROTTERDAM
• Arij Baas (1), Rotterdam
• Aart Nugteren (71), Rotterdam
• Antonetta van Engelen (71), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Abraham Koorneef (59), Rotterdam
• arie adrianus SCHILPEROORT (0), zuid beijerland
• Alexandrine Maria GALERNE (50), Saint-Nazaire, 44184, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la
• Anthonia Bozuwa (0), Dordrecht

• 1914 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson († 1981)
• 1914 » Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author († 1999)
• 1914 » Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist († 2009)
• 1915 » S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare († 2014)
• 1917 » Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist († 2008)
• 1918 » Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1919 » Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2011)
• 1919 » Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright († 1988)
• 1919 » Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate († 2012)
• 1920 » Helen O'Connell, American singer († 1993)

• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)

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 25 » The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• June 10 » The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMSSzent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

The temperature on May 23, 1918 was between 9.0 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.