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• Ann Estell Andrews, Perry, Mississippi, United States († 2005)
• Arie Dekker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Ankie Huygen, Utrecht († 2007)
• Betty Wightman, Panama († 2013)
• Annette Gesine Free, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 2017)
• "kind van " Bais, Den Helder († 1918)
• Antje te Wierike, Zwolle († 1993)
• Bernhard Fischer, Barger-Oosterveld († 2005)
• Aaltje Kramer, Noordbarge, Emmen († 2017)
• Adrianus Johannes van Esch, Berkel-Enschot († 1978)

• Arend Jan Nagel (81), York, Fillmore County, Minnesota
• Adriaan van de Pas (56), Udenhout
• Alexander Blair Thaw (20), Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
• Antonia Susanna Struijs (16), Zundert
• Arnoldus Bijsterveld (80), Mierlo
• Anthonia Hendrika Eyskoot (13), Schoten
• Apolonia van Troost (85), Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Stienstra (0), Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Aldegondis MAERIVOET (73), Lippelo,, Antwerpen, België
• Arnoldus Adrianus Antonius Pepers, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1913 » John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1914 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer († 1955)
• 1914 » Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2005)
• 1914 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge († 2005)
• 1915 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman († 1985)
• 1915 » Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1916 » Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman († 1987)
• 1918 » Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1996)
• 1919 » Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician († 1990)
• 1921 » Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer († 1991)

• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)

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. Grietje
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• January 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
• May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
• November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.

The temperature on August 19, 1918 was between 11.3 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.