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• van der Steen, Pernis, South Holland, Netherlands († 1918)
• Alida Geertruida Adriana Oskam, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Anna de Vries- († 1987)
• * Martina van Dijk, Acht († 2015)
• Adrianus Philippus Brekelmans, Besoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Antonie P. C. Doneux, Heers, België († 2011)
• Anna Maria de Kort, Ginneken en Bavel, Nederland († 1980)
• Alice N., Passaic, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Aleida Johanna Berkhout, Arnhem († 1918)
• Ambrosius Johannus Maria Schippers, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2006)

• Antonia Jacoba de Winter (15), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Leest (2), Oss, NBr., NL
• Ann Louvinia Wethington (19), Casey Creek, Casey, Kentucky, United States
• Anna Maria van Maare (41), Amsterdam
• de Mol (0), Woerden, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Maare (41), Amsterdam
• Aaltien Smit (71), Emmen
• Antonia Hendrika Arts (28), Oeffelt, Nbr.NL
• adam TIMMERS (44), fijnaart
• Antje Pieters Riemersma (13), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1914 » Arno Schmidt, German author and translator († 1979)
• 1914 » Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1915 » Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician († 2012)
• 1915 » Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician († 1998)
• 1915 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1984)
• 1917 » Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1917 » Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman († 2008)
• 1918 » Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator († 1996)
• 1919 » Toni Turek, German footballer († 1984)
• 1921 » Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)

• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)

• 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 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.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
• September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
• November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
• 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 January 18, 1918 was between 0.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.