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• Anna HUNTELERSLAG, Wageningen († 1991)
• Anna Leonarda Elisabeth van Den Beucken, Helden, Li.NL († 2020)
• Adeline Harriet Moger, North Dakota († 1991)
• Arend Evers, Hensbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Albert HEIJINK, Deventer († 2013)
• Anne Hendriks Dijkstra, Kollumerzwaag († 1971)
• Adriaan Willem Helle, Bendoredjo, Blitar, East Java, Indonesia († 1997)
• Albrecht Frans van Amstel, Antwerpen († 1944)
• Antonius. de Ruijter, Amsterdam († 1987)
• anna leonarda elisabeth (annie) van den beucken, helden-dorp († 2020)

• Adriana Johanna Pietersen (39), Utrecht
• Aaffien Dijken, van (33), Gasselte
• Adriana Cornelia DAMEN (77), Nijmegen, 1689, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana, Johanna Pietersen (39), Utrecht
• Adam de Pender (27), Dinteloord
• Adriana Cornelia Damen (77), Nijmegen
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• Aart Barte Doornkamp (5), Zeist
• Aagtje van Beveren (29), Oud-Beijerland
• Adriana HOUTMAN (81), Terneuzen, Zeeuws Vlaanderen, Netherland

• 1915 » Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1917 » Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India († 1984)
• 1919 » Alan Young, English-Canadian actor, singer, and director († 2016)
• 1919 » Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1919 » Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican nationalist († 2010)
• 1920 » Gene Tierney, American actress and singer († 1991)
• 1921 » Peter Ruckman, American pastor and educator († 2016)
• 1921 » Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach († 1993)
• 1922 » Salil Chowdhury, Indian director, playwright, and composer († 1995)
• 1922 » Yuri Knorozov, Ukrainian-Russian linguist, epigrapher, and ethnographer († 1999)

• 1897 » William Seymour Tyler, American historian and academic (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (b. 1879)
• 1918 » Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838)
• 1924 » Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1928 » Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)
• 1931 » Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)
• 1938 » Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
• 1943 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)

• 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 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
• 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.
• April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
• July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
• November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

The temperature on November 19, 1918 was between -0.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.