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• David Alonson McNeal***, United States of America († 2007)
• Agatha Wilhelmina Moorman, Den Helder, Nederland († 1989)
• Annie van Hout († 1987)
• Adriana Jansen, Haarlemmermeer († 1943)
• Cornelis Anthonius Bosland, Vinkenveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Annie van Hout († 1987)
• Arie Kryn Mans, Volga, Brookings County, South Dakota († 2019)
• Cletus Mayer, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Barend Klaas Keuter, Oost-Graftdijk († 1945)
• Doetje Feenstrta, Oosterend († 2000)

• Antonius Suurs, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Johannes Verkuijlen (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Wilhelmina Visser (0), Oldebroek
• Anna Maria Kamps (70), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham M Martin (78), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Alfred Dubrule, Marchienne-au-Pont, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adriana Cornelia van den Bogaart (70), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriaantje de Kreij (90), Schelluinen
• Adrianus Hulten van (83), Tilburg
• Adrianus Braber (59), Rotterdam Zhl. NL

• 1913 » Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Paul Dean, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1914 » Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic († 1995)
• 1915 » B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher († 1998)
• 1916 » Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)
• 1916 » Fumio Fujimura, Japanese baseball player and manager († 1992)
• 1916 » Wellington Mara, American businessman († 2005)
• 1918 » Patsy Smart, English actress († 1996)
• 1922 » Leslie Marr, English race car driver
• 1923 » Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem († 2000)

• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)

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.
• 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.
• May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
• August 27 » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
• October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
• October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.

The temperature on August 14, 1918 was between 6.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.