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• Arend Bording, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Bert Tuinstra († 2000)
• Anna Aleida Bauer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Aaltje Hoogendoorn († 2007)
• ADRIANA BREEMAN, VLAARDINGER-AMBACHT († 1918)
• Catharina Elisabeth Johanna Mutsaers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2010)
• Cecil Earl Paine, Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1932)
• Berend Hendriksz de Haan, West, Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Arris Hardeman, Doorn († 1969)
• Albert Cornelis Adams, Merksplas (België) († 1918)

• Aldert Maartensz Hoek (77), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• anna elisabeth kroone (0), barwoutswaarder
• Aldert Hoek (77), Katwijk
• Aaltje Westera (43), Zalk, Kampen, Overijssel, NL
• Anna Maria Meeus (69), Westerlo, België
• Antje (Anneke) Harms Miedema (0)
• Albert Alma (44), Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• * Pieter Marinus van Waas (85), Gouda
• Adriana Antonia Francisca de Bie, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amalia Tichy

• 1915 » Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1915 » Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist († 1991)
• 1917 » Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records († 1969)
• 1917 » Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1918 » Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic († 1989)
• 1918 » Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician († 2012)
• 1921 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman († 2001)
• 1921 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer († 1986)
• 1922 » Jack Kerouac, American author and poet († 1969)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

• 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 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
• July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.

The temperature on March 12, 1918 was between -1.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.