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• Alice Mercedes SCHAEFER, East McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Johannes Belarmines de Brouwer, Axel († 1983)
• Anna Dijkshoorn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adrianus van 't Hof, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1997)
• Bernardus Martinus Boerkamp, Wilp,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aart IJzerman, Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Baukje Kootstra, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Augustinus Stanley AANGEENBRUG, Haarlemmermeer († 1988)
• Aldegunde BECKS, Walbeck (D) († 2023)
• Anna Catharina Huizenga, Groningen († 2007)

• Albert Nijenhuis (0), Giethoorn
• Bakker (0)
• Anna Suzanna HENEBIENS (79)
• Anne de Vries (1), Schoterland, 8411, Nederland
• Alberta de Mooij (2), Rijnsburg
• Adrianus de Zeeuw (51), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Albarta Bouwman (54), Arnhem
• Anna Cornelia Van Aerde (76), Westmalle
• Adam Marion (78)
• Adriana Cornelia Klaassen (32), Terneuzen Nederland

• 1914 » Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director († 1963)
• 1915 » Mareta West, American astronomer and geologist († 1998)
• 1918 » Albert Seedman, American police officer († 2013)
• 1918 » Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright († 1966)
• 1918 » Kermit Beahan, American colonel († 1989)
• 1919 » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1987)
• 1919 » Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
• 1920 » Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Ernest Angley, American evangelist and author
• 1921 » J. James Exon, American soldier and politician, 33rd Governor of Nebraska († 2005)

• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)

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.
• March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
• October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
• December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

The temperature on August 9, 1918 was between 11.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.