About the day » Monday April 18, 1904Calender converter

• Aaltje Hueting, Ellecom, Rheden,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1957)
• Afra Koelman, Sijbekarspel, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Van Teeffelen († 1994)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Vollebregt, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1904)
• Adriaantje Lena Dekker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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• Aaltina Venema, Musselkanaal († 1940)
• Albert PIJKSTRA, Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Adriaantje Lena Dekker, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Marinus Vermeer, Raamsdonk

• Bernard Willian Quinn (43), Newark, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus Hoefkens (72), Meerhout, Antwerpen
• Andries Tonnaer (64), Maastricht
• Albert Zuiderduin (46), Voorschoten
• Adrianus Petrus Sprangers (0), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Slomp (30), Hoogeveen nederland
• Anna Leach (88), Willet, Cortland, New York, United States
• Arie Cornelis van Ravenswaaij (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Wetzels (62), Valkenburg
• Albertje van Heukelem (32), 't Zandt, Zijldijk

• 1898 » Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman († 1981)
• 1900 » Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist († 1997)
• 1901 » Al Lewis, American songwriter († 1967)
• 1901 » László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright († 1975)
• 1902 » Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1981)
• 1902 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author († 1972)
• 1904 » Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1905 » George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1905 » Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman († 1990)
• 1907 » Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor († 1995)

• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)

• 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.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on April 18, 1904 was between 7.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.