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• Adriaan (Ab) van Heumen, Utrecht Kanaalstraat
• Arthur Theophile Emile van Poecke, Overslag,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1987)
• Alice Céline Renée Léon Ghislaine MARCHAND, Silly, Hainaut, Belgique († 1982)
• Bastiaan Gerrit Elzerman, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Antonia Theodora Leijtens, Baardwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2002)
• Albertje Oosterveen, Hoogeveen († 2008)
• Clasina Nicolai, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Barbara Hynes, Denver, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Albert Sieders, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Albert Jefferson Statzer, Hansonville, Russell, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1987)

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• Anna Catharina Breugelmans (68), Zoersel
• ANNA CATHERINA BREUGELMANS (68), Zoersel
• Adrianus Franciscus Kolsteren (1), Tilburg
• Anna Hendrka Christina Barbara van Lith, Arcen en Velden
• Andreas Cornelis De Jonge (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hendrik Osnabrug (29), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Smits (57), Den Helder (Den Helder), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius de Kort (74), Tilburg
• Adrianus Franciscus Kolsteren (0), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1914 » Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer († 1984)
• 1915 » Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1915 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator († 2000)
• 1915 » Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician († 1998)
• 1916 » David Brown, American journalist and producer († 2010)
• 1920 » Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer († 2014)
• 1922 » Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer († 2008)
• 1923 » Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer († 2008)
• 1924 » C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist († 2020)
• 1924 » Luigi Musso, Italian race car driver († 1958)

• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)

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. Helena
14. Geertruida
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 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
• November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

The temperature on July 28, 1918 was between 10.2 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.