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• Catharina Johanna Christina Bergenhenegouwen, Loosduinen († 2007)
• Aaron Vaz Dias, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Catharina Johanna Bleeker, Oudorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Antonia Hoek, Leiden († 1981)
• Aart Westerink, Lisse († 2000)
• Amanda Eikelenboom, Rotterdam
• "Ralph" Shannon Grantham, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana († 2002)
• Ben Weye Mescher, Emery, Hanson Co., SD († 1995)
• Baby Johnson, E St Louis, St Clair, Ill († 1918)
• Bartholomeus Hermanus COESEL, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)

• Aaltje Wessels (61), Dalmskolte, gemeente Ommen
• Adriana Eilzabeth Susanna Kres (97), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Durks Mozes (1), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham (Durks) Mozes (1), Surhuzum, Friesland, Nederland
• van Harten, Voorburg
• Anna Maria Josephina van Groeningen (51)
• Abraham Brobbel Dorsman (73), Reeuwijk
• Alida Redel (9), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Wiggers (2), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Tjebbes de Jong (76), Heerenveen

• 1914 » Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot († 1999)
• 1914 » Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician († 1944)
• 1914 » Zachary Scott, American actor († 1965)
• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)
• 1917 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer († 1996)
• 1917 » Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1921 » John Rawls, American philosopher and academic († 2002)
• 1921 » Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer († 2009)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

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.
• February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
• 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.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.

The temperature on February 21, 1918 was between 2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.