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• Carrol Harold Todd ?****, Fort Stewart, Bryan, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Albert Champagne, Velm, België († 1943)
• Anna Gesink, Amsterdam († 1994)
• A Doorn († 1999)
• Bouchina Theodora MEINDERS, Doetinchem (Gelderland, The Netherlands) († 1995)
• Bernardus Johannes Gerardus (Ben) Plat, Den Haag, 2500, Nederland († 2013)
• Antonia Emma Ketel, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2001)
• Caroline Emrik van, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1943)
• Carolina Annie Wilhelmina Erdtsieck, Amsterdam († 2009)
• August Vanderbrug, Nederland († 1993)

• Alberdina Johanna Maria de Jager (25), Culemborg
• Balthazar Johan Meijs, Nieuwenhagen (L
• Benjamin Woodward Bawden (45), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Aegidius Luijmes (83), Den Haag
• Arnoldina Geurts (80), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Alberta Johanna Van Beek (37), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert van den Dungen Gronovius (3), Bandoeng
• Albert Vennink (6), Assen
• Albert Van Den Dungen Gronovius (3), Bandoeng, Ned. Indie
• Alberta Johanna van Beek (37), Apeldoorn

• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)
• 1916 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta († 2012)
• 1916 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic († 1970)
• 1917 » Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1917 » Robert Mitchum, American actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager († 2001)
• 1919 » Pauline Betz, American tennis player († 2011)
• 1920 » Ella Raines, American actress († 1988)
• 1920 » John Graves, American author († 2013)
• 1920 » Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter († 1985)

• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

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 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
• July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• 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 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.

The temperature on August 6, 1918 was between 10.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.