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• Cornelius Knip, Indiana, VS († 1994)
• Catharina Philomena Valkiers, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1995)
• A(a)ron (Arie) Lopes Cardozo, Amsterdam († 1941)
• Clara Wagemans, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen († 1996)
• Cecil Norman Leonard Turner, Nain, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica († 2010)
• Cornelis Gerrit Joosse, 's-Gravenhage († 2000)
• Bernadina Maria Schaper, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Arnold James Lipps, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Constantinus Petrus De Weerd, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen († 1996)
• Andries Swaab, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2005)

• Albert Vuil (38), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Alida Wilhelmina Eijgelsheim (19), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Seinen (1), Sneek
• Alida Christina Wilhelmina Gijzel (22), Hilversum
• Alida Johanna van Munster (8), Amsterdam
• Adriaan van Mook (86), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertha Maria Verhegge (45), Maurik
• Albino Gallardo (68), Encarnación, Jalisco, México
• Adriana Johanna Vermeend (1), Montfoort
• Aafje van den Heuvel (25), Ameide

• 1914 » Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler († 1979)
• 1914 » Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright († 1953)
• 1915 » Harry Saltzman, Canadian-French production manager and producer († 1994)
• 1917 » Augustine Harris, English bishop († 2007)
• 1917 » Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician († 1993)
• 1918 » Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician († 2003)
• 1918 » Teresa Wright, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1920 » K. R. Narayanan, Indian lawyer and politician, 10th President of India († 2005)
• 1920 » Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2018)
• 1921 » Warren Allen Smith, American journalist, author, and activist († 2017)

• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)

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.
• February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
• February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.

The temperature on October 27, 1918 was between 5.2 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.