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• Adrienne Clarkson, Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesi√´ († 1998)
• Andries BROUWER, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)
• Alfred Berg Ellingsen, Grimstad, Bø i Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway († 2001)
• Anna Wilhelmina Catharina (Mina) Peters, Vlierden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Adriana Lancel, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Antje Gerardina Mooij, Amsterdam († 1920)
• Anna Mina Wilhelmina Catherina Peters, Vlierden († 2012)
• Arnoldus Eduardus Hoosemans, Breda († 1919)
• (l.l.) Post, Zaandam († 1918)
• Fik, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1918)

• Aaltje Muller (44), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Sommen (0), Baarle-Nassau
• Antje Philips Scheffer (77)
• Bernard Weber (44), Essen-Borbeck, Rheinprovinz, Preußen (jetzt: Nordrhein-Westfalen)
• Adriana Berends (60), Griethausen (Duitsland)
• Alphonsus Christiaan Laane (54), ,, Paris, France
• Antoni Van Oudbroekhuizen (85), Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alewijn van Os (2), (onderweg naar ziekenhuis in Gorinchem)
• (l.l.) Post (0), Zaandam
• Alphonsus Christianus Laane (54), Parijs,75000,Paris,Île-de-France,France

• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)
• 1917 » Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1976)
• 1917 » Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1917 » Walter Lord, American historian and author († 2002)
• 1918 » Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Jack McGrath, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan († 2007)
• 1920 » Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author († 1986)
• 1921 » Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist († 2010)

• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)

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.
• January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• 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.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

The temperature on October 8, 1918 was between 3.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.