About the day » Sunday December 18, 1904Calender converter

• Alonzo Dow Gray, Gary, Iowa († 1946)
• Adrianus de Raaf, De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amy Tipper NTIP01.AMY01XS, Williton, Somerset († 1987)
• Albert van Unen, Kamperveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1907)
• Amelia Pacheco, Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii Territory, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Aenne Breissig, Velbert (Dld.) († 1998)
• Alida Anna Groen, Harenkarspel († 1961)
• Alida Adrianusdr Willemstijn, Rotterdam
• Albertus Vlok, Bleiswijk, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van den Heuvel, Vlissingen

• Andreas Reuvers (56), Enschede, Nederland
• Allegonda Maria Huijbers (47), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hele(e)na Rolfes (57), Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Helena Rolfes Roelfes (57), Valthermond
• Alida van Angeren (81), Hoogland
• Anna Helena Roelfes (57)
• Aaltje Garming (77), Zweeloo, gem. Coevorden, Nederland
• Eising (0), Emmen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Heleena Roelfes (57), Valthermond (Odoorn)
• Annigje de Waard (74), Ammerstol (gem. Krimpenerwaard)

• 1897 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1899 » Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author († 1990)
• 1904 » George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1975)
• 1907 » Bill Holland, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1907 » Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist and educator († 2009)
• 1908 » Celia Johnson, English actress († 1982)
• 1908 » Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer († 1969)
• 1910 » Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire († 2010)
• 1911 » Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)

• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 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)

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

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

• 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.

The temperature on December 18, 1904 was between 2.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.