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• Cornelis Aloysius Maria Gooijaers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Albert Goldsbrough, Sedgefield, Durham, England († 1993)
• Davia Maria Sturm, Alkmar, Nh, Nederland († 1958)
• Catharina Elisabeth de Boer, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina de Bood, (NH) Amsterdam
• Clyde Worth Bobo, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Arvada M Naber, Aplington, Butler, Iowa, United States († 2005)
• Aafke Bolt, Zoutkamp ( De Marne ) († 1965)
• Antonius Abraham Johannes Bakker, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriana Hendrika Wilhelmina Knibbeler († 1922)

• Antonetta Kindermans (86), Itegem, 12017, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Anna Maria Fohr (79), Zutphen
• Arthur (First Lieutenant) J Holeton (23)
• Arie van der TOORN (73), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Alida Griffioen (76), Amsterdam
• Arie Kreuk (30), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Klaassen (88), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Adriana Hollebrandse (7), Rotterdam
• Antonetta KINDERMANS (86), Itegem, 12017, Antwerpen, Belgique
• , Hardenburg, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1914 » Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist († 2010)
• 1915 » Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer († 2007)
• 1917 » Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1918 » Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff († 2003)
• 1918 » Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel, war criminal, and politician; 9th President of Austria († 2007)
• 1919 » Doug Young, American voice actor († 2018)
• 1920 » Adele Goldstine, American computer programmer († 1964)
• 1920 » Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2019)
• 1922 » Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician († 1989)
• 1922 » Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist († 2005)

• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1945 » George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)

• 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 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
• January 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
• October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
• November 1 » Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.

The temperature on December 21, 1918 was between -0.5 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.