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• Adriana van Roosmalen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Albertus Wilhelmus van der Aa, Handel († 1918)
• Arline Dorothy Kehl, Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa († 2004)
• Arnoldus Bloebaum, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Berend Fikse, Oldebroek († 1995)
• Alida Moll, Bussum († 1919)
• Anna Hendrina Wammes, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1993)
• Couwenberg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bruce Frederick LITTLEJOHN, Nile, Tasmania, Australia († 1990)
• Alke Potze, Borgerveld, Vlagtwedde († 1996)

• Abraham Conradi (78), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Adrianus Reinier Joseph de Vlaam (20), Rotterdam
• Andreas Eliktus Konst (75), Putnam, Ohio (VS)
• Abraham Schuijf (80), Rotterdam
• Anna Marie Friedrike Pr. Von Preussen (82), Frankfurt am Main (Hessen-Nassau) D
• Antje ESSINK (28), Doetinchem, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Anne de Prusse (82), Francfort-sur-le-Main, 06412, Allemagne
• Anna van Pruisen (82)
• Andries van DAM (77), 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Anna Wilhelmina Baan (31), Gouda

• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)
• 1916 » Irwin Allen, American director and producer († 1991)
• 1916 » Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona († 2015)
• 1918 » Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic († 2001)
• 1918 » Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect († 1999)
• 1918 » Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer († 2001)
• 1919 » Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator († 2004)
• 1920 » Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist († 2002)
• 1920 » Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter († 2000)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
• September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
• October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
• November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
• December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

The temperature on June 12, 1918 was between 7.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.