About the day » Thursday December 18, 1913Calender converter

• Albertus Abraham Hendrik van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Adrianus Stolk, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Alexander Kroes, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriaan Johan van Eijmeren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adrianus Stolk, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1977)
• Alyda Harskamp, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2014)
• van Leeuwen, Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina van Mierlo, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Kuijl, Overschie († 1944)
• Freding, Straumen, Bodin, Bodø, Nordland, Norway († 1993)

• Adrianus Engelbertus van de Wiel (0), Herpt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ale Engeles Engelsma (71), Terhorn
• Albertus van Nieuwamerongen (0), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Zorn (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Josephina Boom van den (1), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• ADRIANUS JOHANNES VAN DER GRAAF (83), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Aaltje Rus (0), Winsum
• Ale Engelsma (71), Utingeradeel
• Adrianus Johannes van der Graaf (83), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andre Leon Van De Woestyne (0), Evergem

• 1910 » Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire († 2010)
• 1911 » Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1912 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot († 2002)
• 1913 » Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1913 » Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1913 » Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1916 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1916 » Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic († 2008)
• 1917 » Ossie Davis, American actor and activist († 2005)

• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
• August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
• October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
• October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
• December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

The temperature on December 18, 1913 was between -1.8 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.