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• Anna Catharina Gerarda Dam, Amsterdam († 1967)
• Alberta Bloemheuvel († 1992)
• Annie Adriana Jacobs, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Anna Houtsma († 1971)
• Antonia Plaisier († 2014)
• Alexander Auerhaan, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Maria van Kuijk, Leende, Noord-Brabant († 1919)
• Chesley B Waterman, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 2005)
• Albertus Wilhelmus van de Hoef, Amersfoort († 1979)
• Bessie Maud Aylwin († 1992)

• Aaltje RIETMAN (2), Bathmen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Anna Maria Klever (18), Polsbroek
• Aart Polinder (65), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert Nilssson Knagenhjelm (87)
• Adrianus van Rijsewijk (58), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aafje Klazina HAREMAKER (70), Baarn (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Alida Huiberdina Moes (0), The Hague, The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands
• Age Sijbrands van der Goot (46), Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Vervoort (76), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Polinder (65), Nunspeet

• 1914 » Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator († 1974)
• 1914 » Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)
• 1917 » Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2010)
• 1919 » Emily Cheney Neville, American author († 1997)
• 1920 » Al Wistert, American football player and coach († 2016)
• 1920 » Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building († 2013)
• 1920 » Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player († 2012)
• 1920 » Tufty Mann, South African cricketer († 1952)
• 1921 » Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2012)
• 1922 » Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor († 2018)

• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
• 1919 » Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1924 » Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
• 1932 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874)

• 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.
• March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• October 31 » World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

The temperature on December 28, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.