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• Adriaantje van Eijk, Rhoon († 1993)
• Angela Paulina Francisca Verheggen, Aartselaar, Antwerpen, België († 1968)
• Alfred FELDHAMMER († 1980)
• Johanna Margaretha Maria van den Ende, Utrecht
• Alphonsus Petrus Maria Mennen, Tilburg († 1975)
• Aartje Elisabeth Gelderblom, Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Agatha Verlegh, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• * Hendrik de Kruijk, Meerkerk († 2007)
• Aaltjo Antonie's Buist, Leek
• Albertje Landlust, Nieuwe Pekela (gem. Pekela)

• Aagje Klaasdr Groot (64), Oosthuizen, Nederland
• Antonia BOONE (55), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Augustinus Raman (32), Destelbergen
• Antonius Marie Joseph Smits (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Lambertus Dubel ongehuwd (28), Piershil, ZH, Nederland
• adriaantje VELD (79), geervliet
• Andries Jacob Bos (17), Groningen
• Adriaantje in 't Veld (79), Geervliet, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje in't Veld (79), Geervliet
• Aart van Luttikhuisen (1), Ede

• 1901 » Al Lewis, American songwriter († 1967)
• 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)
• 1911 » Ilario Bandini, Italian businessman and racing driver († 1992)
• 1911 » Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian Jewish-American physicist and academic († 2011)
• 1914 » Claire Martin, Canadian author († 2014)

• 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)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

The temperature on April 18, 1908 was between 2.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north.