About the day » Friday August 18, 1916Calender converter

• Batje Magdalena Elizabeth Middelburg, Naaldwijk († 1998)
• Andries Bernardus Cornelis Dannenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Albert Amos Truax, Beaver Lodge, Alberta Providence, Canada († 1992)
• Adriana Eijkenduijn, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Ângelo Antonio Schramm, Gaspar, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1963)
• Abraham Wonder, Zuid-Scharwoude († 1966)
• Alvin B "Butch" Sanders, Terril, Dickinson, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1938)
• Agnes Maria Buiteman († 2003)
• Albert Marie Jozef Pauwels, Meire († 1980)
• Ann R. Satterfield, Cartersville, Georgia († 1974)

• Brasiliana Bello de Souza (65), Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil
• Adriana Catharina van Roessel (78), Tilburg, Nederland
• Arnold Lancelot Steele (28), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Adriana Razenberg (0), Hooge Zwaluwe
• * Martinus Johannes Berkers (51), Lierop
• Aaltje Jans Oelen (34), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Augustus Ferdinand McElroy Sr (34), Saint Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Adrianus van Spronsen (2), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Visser (3), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• van Bekkum (0), Zoelen

• 1912 » Otto Ernst Remer, German general († 1997)
• 1913 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1983)
• 1914 » Lucy Ozarin, United States Navy lieutenant commander and psychiatrist († 2017)
• 1915 » Max Lanier, American baseball player and manager († 2007)
• 1916 » Moura Lympany, English pianist († 2005)
• 1916 » Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat († 2018)
• 1917 » Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense († 2006)
• 1918 » Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1961)
• 1919 » Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska († 2010)
• 1920 » Godfrey Evans, English cricketer († 1999)

• 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)

• 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.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
• November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

The temperature on August 18, 1916 was between 10.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.