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• Arnoldus Geertrudus de Man († 1987)
• Aagje Pietertje Snoek, Benschop († 2004)
• Auke Douma, Pingjum († 1964)
• Anske Elfrieda Schelten 9 († 1977)
• (Stillbirth) WIERENGA, Ezinge († 1918)
• Augustinus Marinus (Guus) Aloserij († 1995)
• Adriana Cornelia Maton, Oisterwijk (Oisterwijk) (Noord-Brabant) († 2004)
• Adriana Johanna Havermans, Oud-Vossemeer († 1962)
• Anna Willie van der Perk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Martha Heuss, Goch, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

• Allegonda van Wanrooij (32), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrienne Marie Josephine Antoinette Scheepens (52), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• André Pierre MOREAU (80), Soullans, 85300, France
• ANTONIUS MARINUS SOETERS (66), AMSTERDAM
• Alexander S. Stone (24), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Francisca Damen (0), 's-Hertogenbosh
• Aleida Arend-Jans Dove (29), Enschede
• Antonio Freire de Mattos Barreto (58), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus Dobbelsteen (39), Erp
• Albertus Stephanus Johannes Joubert (19), Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

• 1915 » Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress († 2007)
• 1915 » Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist († 2007)
• 1915 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal († 1983)
• 1916 » Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general († 1997)
• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver († 1993)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)
• 1919 » Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president († 1995)
• 1919 » Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach († 1996)
• 1920 » John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge († 2005)

• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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.
• August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
• August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
• 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.
• September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
• October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.

The temperature on October 6, 1918 was between 8.2 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.