About the day » Friday August 18, 1911Calender converter

• Anne Nijdam, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aalderika Kuil, Bellingwolde, Vriescheloo
• Alida Wilhelmina Adriana Meijer, Schiedam
• Aaltje Moes, Diever († 1977)
• Aaltje Moes, Diever,Drenthe,Netherlands († 1977)
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Nederweert
• Aleida Kamphuis, Albergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Nicolaas van den Berg, Warmond
• Anna Catharina Fronica Visser, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• Anthoon Albertus Zwak, Ermelo

• Nn Westerhuis (0), Vuren
• (Maria) Catharina de Natris (31), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Adrianus Leendert van der Kwast (0), Vleuten
• Cerile Crombez (21), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Berend BOKKING (7), Noord (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Terpstra (1), Rheden
• Rink (0), Emmen
• Andreas Vrijken (2)
• Adriaantje WEIJ (45), Zuid-Beijerland
• Catharina Westmaas (0), Delft

• 1908 » Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster († 1977)
• 1908 » Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France († 1988)
• 1908 » Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener († 1994)
• 1909 » Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist († 2005)
• 1910 » Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2001)
• 1910 » Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works († 1969)
• 1911 » Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist († 2015)
• 1911 » Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer († 1963)
• 1912 » Otto Ernst Remer, German general († 1997)
• 1913 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1983)

• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
• August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
• September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

The temperature on August 18, 1911 was between 9.3 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.