About the day » Thursday October 3, 1918Calender converter

• Anna Wilhelmina Teunissen, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1986)
• Agnes Delphina Vael, St Jansteen († 1982)
• Alice Beatrice Ruigh, Los Angeles Co., California, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• * Margaritha van de Vooren, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Albertine Johanna (Tineke) Dijxhoorn, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Aaltje Jansdr Loosman, Urk, Nederland († 1952)
• (Stillborn) HOEKSTRA, Hennaarderadeel Friesland Netherlands († 1918)
• Aartje van Rijssen († 1992)
• Aaltje Lagerweij, Ede († 1996)
• Annechien Koers, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 2017)

• Albert Post (19), Op zee
• Aagtje van den Berg (53), Schalkwijk
• Aldegonda Anna Hubertina Willems (12), Beesel, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Okkesz Post (19), Noordzee
• Anna Catharina van Antwerpen (58), Boxtel
• Antonetta Schuurbiers (0), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred E. Fuerst (21), Meuse-Argonne, France
• Aleida Kenkhuis (33), Notter (Wierden)
• Adrianus de Jong (1), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Rebergen (83), Amerongen, Nederland

• 1911 » Michael Hordern, English actor († 1995)
• 1915 » Ray Stark, American film producer († 2004)
• 1916 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author († 1995)
• 1919 » James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1921 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1996)
• 1923 » Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica († 2004)
• 1924 » Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach († 2012)
• 1924 » Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist († 1993)
• 1925 » George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
• 1925 » Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic († 2012)

• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)

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 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

The temperature on October 3, 1918 was between 9.1 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.