About the day » Thursday January 18, 1912Calender converter

• Aloïs Lyphout, Klerken West-Vlaanderen, België († 1967)
• Adriaantje Zaanen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Weijts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
• Adrianus Deelen, Wouwsche Plantage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Albertus Hendrikus Cornelis Hoegen, Culemborg
• Albert Smand, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Los, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Smith, Vlaardingen († 2004)
• Albert Smand, Nieuweroord
• * Willem Frederic Johan van Buuren, Arnhem

• Anna Carolina Belgers (12), Afferden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalbert Koster (81), Pernis
• Anne Marie Louise Barbe POUPPEZ de KETTENIS de HOLLAEKEN (57), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adriana Golverdingen (1), Gorinchem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abner Salyer (79)
• Ane Arjens Nawijn (68), Bolsward, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Mary) Wagner (86), Mount Oliver, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Henskens (0), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ane Arjanszn Nawijn (68), Bolsward
• Annigje Klaassen (60), Dwingeloo

• 1910 » Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic († 1993)
• 1911 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1987)
• 1911 » José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet († 1969)
• 1913 » Carroll Cloar, American artist († 1993)
• 1913 » Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer († 1972)
• 1914 » Arno Schmidt, German author and translator († 1979)
• 1914 » Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1915 » Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician († 2012)
• 1915 » Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician († 1998)
• 1915 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1984)

• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)

• 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.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The temperature on January 18, 1912 was between -6.0 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.