About the day » Thursday February 18, 1904Calender converter

• Amalie Barbara Keller, Hye, Blanco Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• * Pieter Hendrikus van der Poel, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Anna Johanna Maria van Helden, dordrecht (zuid holland) († 1954)
• Adriaan Kooijman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pieternella Adriana (Pietje) A. Slottje, Rotterdam
• Abel Gerhardus Banus, Sappemeer († 1973)
• Albert Regtop, Noordwolde († 1978)
• Anna M. VAN CAUWENBERGE, Goefferdingen,,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1976)
• Adam Jan Ham, Den Helder, Nederland († 1965)
• Adrianus van Gerven, Rotterdam († 1963)

• Anna Cornelia van Loon (84), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bauke Johannes Beyemin (Beimijn) (85), Oudega (Wymbritseradeel)
• Artje Lena van Wijk (0), Neerijnen (NL)
• Carolus Vleugels (85), Herentals, 2200, België
• Bauke Johanneszn Beimin (85), Oudega,Wym, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van Dijk (0), Rotterdam
• Angeline Ameret STOCKING (69), Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah
• Aaltje Daemen (0), Zaandam
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Hees (1), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amy Wells (79)

• 1893 » Maksim Haretski, Belarusian prose writer, journalist and activist († 1938)
• 1896 » Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat († 1970)
• 1898 » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari († 1988)
• 1898 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico († 1980)
• 1899 » Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist († 1985)
• 1903 » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician († 1983)
• 1905 » Queenie Leonard, English actress († 2002)
• 1906 » Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic († 1980)
• 1909 » Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1993)
• 1914 » Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 2000)

• 1880 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)

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.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
• November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
• December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

The temperature on February 18, 1904 was between -0.7 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.