About the day » Monday October 14, 1918Calender converter

• Albert Oldenburger, Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Nederland († 1919)
• Anna Gezina Bodaar, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1998)
• Antonia Joanna Graafmans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Andrew Noble Wilson, New Rochelle, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Arnoldus Mijnsbergen, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Barbara Janneke Kievit, Sint Philipsland, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1979)
• Adriana Jacoba van Steenbergen, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Ada Iona Staton, Norfolk, Virginia, United States († 1998)
• Albert Gerard Joseph (Albert) Breesch, Sint-Truiden, België († 2007)
• Albertus van Deurzen († 1996)

• Alida Prins (0), Leiden
• Adriaantje Verhoeven (52), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alijda Klaassen (87), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltjen Egbers (79), Look (Holten), Ov, The Netherlands
• Alfred BEKAERT (31), Handzame/KORTEMARK-FlandreOccidentale
• Albert F. White (22), Frankrijk
• Almira Michael Slocum Citroen (46), Massachutsetts
• Achilles Beernaert (22), Lendelede
• Anna Johanna Christina van Wissing (3), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Johanna Brouns (0), Schiedam, Nederland

• 1914 » Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic († 1985)
• 1914 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1914 » Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1915 » Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal († 2016)
• 1916 » C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General († 2013)
• 1918 » Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2003)
• 1918 » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician († 1991)
• 1918 » Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain († 2015)
• 1921 » José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian († 2009)
• 1923 » Joel Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury († 2014)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

• 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 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
• November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
• December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
• December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

The temperature on October 14, 1918 was between 3.9 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.