About the day » Saturday October 12, 1918Calender converter

• Anna Aleida Muller, Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Jacoba de Koning, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1918)
• Barend George Moreland, Ladysmith († 1991)
• Catharina Johanna Haeck, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen-duivenland,Zeeland,Nederland († 2010)
• Annetje Dekker, Ermelo († 1998)
• Anna Annes de Jong († 2006)
• Alida Geertruida Dekker
• Arie Bouwmeester, Woudenberg († 1960)
• Bonnell Higgs [|||], Weakley County, Tennessee († 1918)
• Antje van Akker, Noordwolde († 1995)

• - Exaltus (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Linden (66), Werkhoven 9
• Anteunis Van AALST (0), Rotterdam
• Annie Meyering (36)
• Abel Willems Bolhuis (79), Oldekerk, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie van der Burg (74), Dordrecht
• Antonie Joseph WESTERBEEK (25), Heino
• Anna, Catharina van Engelenburg (45), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Constant Waasdorp (27), Rotterdam
• Alida van der Linden (65), Werkhoven

• 1914 » John E. Hodge, African-American chemist († 1996)
• 1916 » Alice Childress, American actress and playwright († 1994)
• 1916 » Lock Martin, American actor († 1959)
• 1917 » Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Doris Miller, American chef and soldier († 1943)
• 1919 » Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières († 2007)
• 1920 » Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia († 1987)
• 1921 » Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby († 2010)
• 1921 » Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player († 2001)
• 1921 » Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scottish rugby player and journalist

• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)

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 25 » The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
• 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 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
• December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.

The temperature on October 12, 1918 was between 5.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.