About the day » Sunday December 8, 1918Calender converter

• Anna Maria Halmans, Schinnen
• Jonkman, Beilen
• Adrianus Stolk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Agatha De Wolf, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna Maria Halmans († 1988)
• Albert van de Kolk, Hilversum († 1920)
• Aaldert de Leeuw, Ommen († 1945)
• Barbara Joanna Maria Spapens, Tilburg († 2001)
• Barbara Blount, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Anna Josephina Hoefnagels, Nattenhoven (Obbicht), Limburg, Nederland († 2003)

• Boelhouwer (0), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Angenietje ALTA (54), Harlingen
• Abraham Marchant Lyons (42), Mountain Home, Duchesne County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van den Hoonaard (65), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Amanda J Summers (80), Houston, Harris, TX
• Albert Jans Bijker (44), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alice Reneau (39)
• Anna Maria Erkelens (72), Ter Aar
• "Stanislaw" Michael Henri Lubomirski (80), Chodorów, Ukraine
• Alida Wilhelmina Maria Schulten (23), Rotterdam

• 1914 » Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer († 2003)
• 1914 » Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1915 » Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1916 » Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1917 » Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator († 1998)
• 1919 » Julia Bowman, American mathematician and theorist († 1985)
• 1919 » Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic († 2001)
• 1919 » Peter Tali Coleman, Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa († 1997)
• 1920 » McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player († 2013)
• 1922 » Lucian Freud, German-English painter and illustrator († 2011)

• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)

• 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 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
• 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.
• November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

The temperature on December 8, 1918 was between 3.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.