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• José VANDERCRUYSSEN, Sint-Martens-Lennik († 2022)
• Anne Roelof Atsma, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Lee Vermulm, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2021)
• (HRH Prince) William Henry Andrew Frederick Windsor, Hadley Common, Barnet, Greater London, Hertfordshire, England († 1972)
• Dirkje Boers, Monster († 2023)
• NN van Onna, Doetinchem
• Folkert Hazelhoff, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1996)
• Paul Ghislain Mellemans, Hasselt, België († 2019)
• Nel Buiks († 2010)
• Frans Joseph Jacobs, Amsterdam († 2014)

• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm August Schermer (89), Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Adriana Loose (58), Terheijden, Noord Brabant
• Adrianna Loose (58), Terheijden
• aris ariensz volkers (75), heerhugowaard
• Antje Paulina Vis (63), Delft,Gemeente Delft,South Holland,Netherlands
• Amanda Staver (82), Wells CO., India
• August Bernard Heiman (71), Mineral Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States
• Brenda Kay Stidham (0)
• Antony Geertruidus Penning (81), Steenwijk
• Attje Heins (40), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1939 » Harold E. Varmus, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Michael Moorcock, English author and songwriter
• 1940 » Ilario Castagner, Italian football manager
• 1940 » John Cooper, English sprinter and hurdler († 1974)
• 1941 » Joan Wallach Scott, American historian, author, and academic
• 1941 » Sam Andrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1941 » Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpet player and composer
• 1942 » Bobby Keyes, Australian rugby league player
• 1942 » Lenore Blum, American mathematician and academic
• 1943 » Bobby Keys, American saxophone player († 2014)

• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Petrus
12. Robert
13. Gerardus
14. Jacobus
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Helena
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Geertruida
16. Jacoba

• 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• January 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• February 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• April 15 » In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.
• June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
• July 4 » World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
• November 26 » World War II: Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs the Kuril Islands to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The temperature on December 18, 1941 was between 1.1 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.