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• Antje Bekkema, Stroobos, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 2003)
• Akbert Bernardus Buitenhuis († 1985)
• Bernardus Petrus van der Ende, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Aaltje Berendse, Utrecht († 2006)
• Boele Binnema, Eestrum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Bernardus Buitenhuis, Baarn {UT} († 1985)
• Adriaan Kole, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1995)
• Arthur Edgar Pearce († 1955)
• Baby Daughter Babb († 1918)
• Alida Storre, Zegwaart, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)

• Alexander Erik Vrijheer van Knorring (56), Stockholm
• Aart Hazeleger (17), Arnhem
• Alouisius Johannes Franciscus Greeij (41), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Lingsma (85), Lippenhuizen
• Alice Sefton (4), Lachine, Quebec, Canada
• Anna Maria de Bruijn (61), Hees, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van der Crab (89), 's-Gravenhage
• Anne Kornelis Lingsma (85), lippenhuizen
• van Eck (0), Kesteren
• Albert Grakist (33), Doorwerth (G)

• 1915 » Victor Sen Yung, American actor († 1980)
• 1918 » Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1999)
• 1918 » Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece († 2017)
• 1918 » Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1991)
• 1919 » Anita O'Day, American singer († 2006)
• 1919 » Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator († 2012)
• 1919 » Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada († 2000)
• 1919 » Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician († 1996)
• 1920 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture († 1994)
• 1921 » Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 2005)

• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1935 » Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)

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.
• March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
• May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
• May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
• August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
• October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.

The temperature on October 18, 1918 was between 5.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.