About the day » Friday February 18, 1916Calender converter

• Flossie, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States († 1978)
• Chiela van Vliet, Kamerik († 1981)
• Berendina Bruins, Wilsum († 2002)
• Adrianus Cornelis Laming, Teteringen († 1996)
• (levenloze) Piest, Havelte,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1916)
• Allegonda Van Strien, Klundert, Nederland († 1997)
• Angie B Bressinck, De Pere, Brown county, Wisconsin (USA) († 2003)
• Alice Huiner, Chicago (Cook County) (Illinois) († 1998)
• Clarence John Casjens, Sheldon, O´Brien County, Iowa († 1961)
• Antoinette Troquete, Geulle (L) († 1977)

• Alida Willemina Botterweg (78), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aalbert Kersten (71), Brummen
• Adrijaantje Zaal (34), 's Gravenhage
• Adriana Pronk (66), Scheveningen
• Adrijaantje Zaal (34), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert van Heerde (21), IJsselmuiden
• Adriaan Mollen (21), Valkenswaard
• Albertus Everardus Antonius Verstappen (0), Helmond
• Albert van Heerde (21), IJsselmuiden, Ov, The Netherlands
• Abraham Gebuis (29), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 2000)
• 1915 » Phyllis Calvert, English actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal († 1999)
• 1919 » Jack Palance, American boxer and actor († 2006)
• 1920 » Bill Cullen, American game show panelist and host († 1990)
• 1920 » Rolande Falcinelli, French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue († 2006)
• 1921 » Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher († 1998)
• 1921 » Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer († 2013)
• 1922 » Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada († 1997)
• 1922 » Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author († 2012)

• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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 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 6.4 million citizens.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on February 18, 1916 was between 3.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.