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• Annigje HOORN († 1997)
• Antonius Johannes Faes, Gilze en Rijen († 1976)
• Augustinus Rijksen, Maastricht († 1987)
• Alida Huiberdina Moes, The Hague, The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands († 1918)
• Betty Jane Stidham, Mayfield († 1934)
• Adolfine Juliana Goedthart, Suriname († 2008)
• Anna Margaretha Maria Langelaan († 2009)
• Antonia van den Heuvel, Beek en Donk († 1988)
• Antonia van den Heuvel, Beek en Donk († 1988)
• Albert Timmer, Wierden, Almelo († 1974)

• Albertus Slijkhuis 9 (65), Epe
• Areke van Maastricht (0), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoon Aloijsius Cornelius Tussanus van Klarenbeek, Ravenstein,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clarisse Eugénie d'Arundel (74), Bergerac, Dordogne, France
• Adriana Maria Eggelen van (0), Vlijmen
• Albertus van Lee (83), S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Mittendorf (0), Vossebelt, Dalen, Gem. Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Slijkhuis (65), Epe
• Cornelis de Bree (68), Oost-en West-Souburg
• Albert Yelland Edwin (born TURNER) (24), France

• 1914 » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington († 1994)
• 1915 » Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer († 2014)
• 1915 » Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1988)
• 1916 » Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1999)
• 1918 » Helen Wagner, American actress († 2010)
• 1919 » Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer († 2014)
• 1920 » Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author († 2012)
• 1921 » John Aston Sr., English footballer († 2003)
• 1921 » Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author († 1966)
• 1921 » Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist († 1971)

• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)

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 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
• March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
• 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.
• August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
• October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• 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 September 3, 1918 was between 8.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.