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• Alberta Agnes Lyles, Florida, United States († 2011)
• Aleida J. Wijers, Afferden, Limburg, Nederland († 1979)
• Alexander Walter (Alec) GRATTIDGE, Kettering, Tasmania, Australia († 1996)
• Alma Lillian Franklin, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Anton Johan Schneider, Rotterdam († 2006)
• Alfons Jacob Verboven, Mol († 1990)
• Aart Jan den Outer, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Aleida Johanna Wijers († 1979)
• Benjamins, Hardenberg († 1918)
• Anna Christina Scheve, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Albertje Edelenbos (85), Genemuiden
• Alida den Breejen (78), Arkel
• Alexis Nicolaievich Romanov (13), Ekaterinburg, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia
• Aleksei Nikolaievich ROMANOV (13), Ekaterinburg Russia
• Aaltje Apperlo (0), steenwijkerwold-onna
• Nout (0), Rijswijk (Maurik) (GL)
• Aloysius Remigius De Sadeleer (59), Meire
• Alphonsus van Zuylen (59), Bandoeng
• Alexis Nicholaievich Romanov (13), Ekaterinburg (Rus)
• Alphonsus van Zuylen (59), Bandung, Indonesië

• 1915 » Carequinha, Brazilian clown and actor († 2006)
• 1915 » Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer († 2010)
• 1915 » Roxana Cannon Arsht, American judge († 2003)
• 1916 » Charles Kittel, American physicist († 2019)
• 1917 » Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist († 2008)
• 1917 » Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor († 2019)
• 1918 » Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1919 » Lilia Dale, Italian actress
• 1920 » Eric Brandon, English race car driver and businessman († 1982)
• 1921 » Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery († 2014)

• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)

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. Grietje
16. Margaretha

• 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 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
• March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• 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.
• September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
• November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The temperature on July 18, 1918 was between 13.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.