About the day » Monday January 21, 1918Calender converter

• Aaltje Teeninga, Niebert († 2002)
• Andy Vincent Widincamp, Appling, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Aizo Hemminga, Schiedam († 1986)
• Albert Isidoor (Isidoor) BOGAERTS, Schulen (B) († 1977)
• Anne Jacob Koops, Siddeburen gem. Slochteren († 1981)
• Anna Catharina Kanters, Terneuzen († 1918)
• Alida Cornelia van der Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Aaltje Klazes Douwes, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1993)
• Albert Huisjes, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Aleida Margaretha Elisabeth Tromp, Schiedam († 1918)

• Anna Maria Kriest (79), Den Haag
• Adriana Dijkshoorn (74), Kethel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aalt Prins (49), Kampen
• Alphons DeLeeuw (61), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Blewanus (50), Dongen
• Albertus DE BRUIN (49), Harlingen(Friesland)
• Adriana Rodenburg (82), Vlaardingen
• Adriana Roodenburg (82), Vlaardingen
• Aafke EKKENS (56), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina ter Kuile (23), Enschede

• 1915 » André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician († 1998)
• 1915 » Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter († 1981)
• 1916 » Pietro Rava, Italian footballer († 2006)
• 1916 » Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage († 2002)
• 1917 » Erling Persson, H&M founder († 2002)
• 1918 » Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor († 1989)
• 1918 » Jimmy Hagan, English footballer († 1998)
• 1918 » Richard Winters, American soldier († 2011)
• 1919 » Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot († 2016)
• 1920 » Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados († 1987)

• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)

• 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.
• March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
• October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
• December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.

The temperature on January 21, 1918 was between 6.0 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.