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Born on Thursday December 5, 1918
- Anna van Oijen, 's-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
- Berendina Willemiena (Mien Miek) Hoitink (Römer), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
- Arie van Beek, Rotterdam († 1919)
- Antje (Annie) Vreugdenhil, DE LIER (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
- Aleida Geertruida Weerink, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
- Christina Gerdina Willemina Bosch, Brummen
- Anna Catharina Bruul, Wieringen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
- Adrianus Maus, Blerick, Li.NL († 1991)
- Annie Vreugdenhil, De Lier († 2004)
- Albertus Harsevoort, Collendoorn († 1937)
Died on Thursday December 5, 1918
- Albert Zwijgers (27), Tonsel (Harderwijk)
- Venema (0), Stadskanaal
- Adolphina van Berkel (16), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrian Verhage (74), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, VS
- A.M.E. Lormans (39), Ospel
- Adriaan Jacobus van Loo (70), 's-Gravenhage
- Adrianus Petrus Claassens (45), Rotterdam
- Akke Jans Kuipers (35), Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Adèle Josephine Alphonsina Maria van Cranenburgh (26), Leiden
- adriaan jacobus van loo (70), 's gravenhage
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 5, 1918 at Delpher
Born on December 5
- 1913 » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress († 2013)
- 1914 » Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author († 1989)
- 1916 » Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine († 2013)
- 1916 » Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
- 1917 » Ken Downing, English race car driver († 2004)
- 1918 » Charity Adams Earley, Black American Army officer († 2002)
- 1919 » Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician († 2020)
- 1921 » Alvy Moore, American actor and producer († 1997)
- 1922 » Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist († 2011)
- 1922 » Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist († 2015)
Died on December 5
- 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
- 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
- 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
- 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
- 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
- 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
- 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
- 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
- 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
Names that were popular for boys in 1918
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 1918
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Antonia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1918
- 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 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
- March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
- April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- October 31 » World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
- November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
- November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
The weather on Thursday December 5, 1918
The temperature on December 5, 1918 was between 7.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI