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• Charles David Bunch, Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana († 2003)
• Catharina-Wilhelmina de Rooij, Den Helder († 1974)
• Antonie Boon, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1992)
• Arie Baart, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Maria Hubertina (Anna) Stokbroekx, Echt († 2005)
• Aaltje Stel, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Maria Everaers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2005)
• Catharina W. de Rooij, Den Helder († 1974)
• Adrien Gustave BOOM († 1983)
• Allen Barber, Tippah County († 2000)

• Albertus MAAT (66), Zuidzande
• Aleida Bertina Scholten (79), Almelo
• Aaltjen HARMSEN (25), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• August Jozef Paul Dauwen (0), Herentals 2200, Antwerpen, Belgie
• van Weert, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Aleida Bertina Scholten (79), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Palaster (54), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Kemmeren (3), Capelle, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Ceel Roseboom (80), Ede
• Alida Maria Zandbergen (0), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1914 » Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer († 2009)
• 1916 » Frank Bell, English soldier and educator († 1989)
• 1916 » John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1916 » Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher († 1960)
• 1917 » June Foray, American actress and voice artist († 2017)
• 1917 » Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1918 » Johnny Mantz, American race car driver († 1972)
• 1919 » Tommy Hunter, American fiddler († 1993)
• 1920 » Jack Warden, American actor († 2006)

• 1890 » Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 » Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
• 1915 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree
• 1924 » F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
• 1939 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)

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

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

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

The temperature on September 18, 1917 was between 14.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.