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• Auguste Frederic Muller Wetherill, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania († 2001)
• Aaltje Sijmensdr Ras, Velsen († 2012)
• Antoon Reinier Gerretsen, Bergharen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Albertje Klooster, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 2005)
• Alvilda Rena Stone († 1987)
• Arnoldus de Wit, Maurik († 2007)
• Boudewina VISSER, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Arnoldus de Wit († 2007)
• Annette Gertrude Jacobsma, Dolton-Illinois (USA) († 1919)
• Annie J M Denekamp, Bathmen,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)

• Aaltje ZEEMAN (22), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Port (1), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Adrianus Fransen (3), Herveld, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia de Meijer, Raamsdonksveer
• Aafke Westerman (25), Ekamp, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana DE RUYTER
• Aaltje Wesseling (0), Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus de Jongh (28), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Bosma (24), Groningen
• Adrianus Johannes de Jong (24), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer
• 1918 » Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher († 2015)
• 1918 » Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier († 1999)
• 1919 » James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic († 2016)
• 1920 » Esther Rolle, American actress († 1998)
• 1920 » Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal († 2012)
• 1920 » Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)
• 1921 » Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic († 2012)
• 1922 » Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic († 2001)
• 1922 » Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist and academic († 2008)

• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)

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 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
• October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
• November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
• December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

The temperature on November 8, 1918 was between 5.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.