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• Johanna Louisa Bakx, Fijnaart en Heiningen († 2002)
• Aleida Velders, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Overijssel,Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana Anna Cornelia Mutsaers, Tilburg († 2008)
• Anna Terwisga, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Bernhard Theodorus Gerrist († 1997)
• Catharina Clara de Groot († 1998)
• Catharina Antonia van der Berg, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Aart Hazeleger, Walderveen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adriana de Jong († 2017)
• Alice Cook, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten

• Anna Trimpeneers (91), Halmaal, België
• Anna Annes Zonneveld (41), Baarderadeel
• Anthonius Franciscus Zwanenberg (76), 's Hertogenbosch, Gemeente 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus de Bruin (79), Lienden
• Anna Annes Zonneveld (41), Oosterlittens
• Alice Owens (46), St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Andreas Bernardus HOGELING (35), Weststellingwerf(Friesland)
• Adhémar Jean Ghislain Victor BORIN (27), Lendelede, 34025, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• (24), Purmerend
• Albertus de Bruin (79), Lienden, Nederland

• 1916 » Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader († 2007)
• 1916 » George Turner, Australian author and critic († 1997)
• 1917 » Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic († 2007)
• 1917 » Jan Miner, American actress († 2004)
• 1917 » Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator († 2013)
• 1919 » Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver († 1995)
• 1919 » Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist († 1985)
• 1920 » Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor († 2012)
• 1920 » Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1920 » Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress († 1968)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

• 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.
• February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
• February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• 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 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.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.

The temperature on October 15, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.