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• Antje Jandr. Bak, Broek op Langedijk († 2002)
• "Lieuwkje Gaatzes" Bosma, Kollumerzwaag († 1997)
• Antje Bak, Broek op Langedijk († 2002)
• Antje Bak, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 2002)
• Antoinette Marie Arnold, Roosendaal († 1999)
• Arie Vermeer, De Lier, 2678, Nederland († 2010)
• Albert Stevens, Beilen († 2000)
• Borst, Assen († 1918)
• Anna ten Have, Rheeze († 2011)
• Arendina VULLING, Ijmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)

• Jan Voerman (4), Radewijk
• Lammigje Van Den Hof (17), Westerveld
• Aaltje Sportel (48), Eexta (gem. Oldambt)
• Aaltje Sportel (48), Eexta, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Menger (41), Weststellingwerf, Wolvega
• van Spronsen, Den Haag
• Aaltje Sytzes van der Veen (71), Oenkerk
• Aaltje Annink (21), Hellendoorn
• "Inès" Henriette Ida Joséphine Louise Ernestine de Bourgoing (79), Montassiégé, Allier, France
• Kreunen (0), Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1900 » Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting († 1941)
• 1908 » Tony Canzoneri, American boxer († 1959)
• 1921 » Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)
• 1924 » Harry Threadgold, English footballer († 1996)
• 1926 » Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor († 2012)
• 1926 » Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author († 2012)
• 1930 » Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist († 2011)
• 1931 » Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1932 » François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist († 2019)

• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

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.
• January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• 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 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.

The temperature on November 6, 1918 was between 7.8 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.