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• Anna Josephina Gerarda Benedicta Verheugen, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Hulst, Wisch († 1965)
• Arnoldus Albertus Lodewijk Ramakers, Hoepertingen, België († 2001)
• Apolonia Gerardina Clasina Weber († 1957)
• Albertus Josephus (Jos) Van Thillo, Kalmthout († 1999)
• Catharina Jonk, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Corene Effie Visser, Monroe, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Cedric Raymond Humm, Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand († 1984)
• Bets Zuurbier († 1983)
• Antonius Joannes Henricus van Gorp, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)

• Aaltje Jacosbdochter VOS (82), Huizen (Noord-Holland)
• August Lodewijk De Fraeye (43), Vlissegem
• Alfred Charles ben Lionel Rothschild (75)
• Adrianus Boet (67), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Vos (82), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje BOND (3), Harkstede, Slochteren
• Adolphine Marthe Marie D'Hondt (45), Blankenberge
• Alfred Charles ROTHSCHILD (75)
• Alfred Charles de Rothschild Baron (75), St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
• Anne Douwes Vlieg (72), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland

• 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
• 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
• 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
• 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)
• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)
• 1919 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1972)
• 1920 » Bert Williams, English footballer († 2004)
• 1920 » Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior († 2010)
• 1921 » John Agar, American actor († 2002)

• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (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.
• January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
• March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• April 8 » World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
• May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
• September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.

The temperature on January 31, 1918 was between -2.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.