About the day » Tuesday March 19, 1918Calender converter

• Schonewille, Hoogeveen
• Ben Joseph Carrabba, Bryan, Brazos, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Adriaan Johannes Stultjes, Amsterdam, N-H., Nederland
• Antonius Appel, Spanbroek († 1974)
• Albertus Makkinga, ommen († 1957)
• Adrian H VanderKolk, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States († 2002)
• Berend Mondria, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 1991)
• Annechien Hooijer, Groningen († 1971)
• Antonia Maria Koudijs, Woudenberg († 2015)
• Ansel Tarter [Wk SForkBBu], Casey County, Kentucky († 1975)

• Albertus Henderik Scholten (67), Enschede
• Anna Maria Audiffred (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaide Jacoba Cornelia Schoon (70), Arnhem
• Anna Maria Hubertina IMKAMP (70), Groesbeek, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonius van Wesel (61), Wouw
• Aaltje Horsman (39), Leiden
• Antje Dina Post (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegje Jans Pool (86), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonij de Boed (6), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Dina Post (0), Delft (11mnd)

• 1914 » Jay Berwanger, American football player and coach († 2002)
• 1914 » Leonidas Alaoglu, Canadian-American mathematician and theorist († 1981)
• 1915 » Patricia Morison, American actress and singer († 2018)
• 1915 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1944)
• 1916 » Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor († 2000)
• 1916 » Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1917 » Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player († 1998)
• 1919 » Lennie Tristano, American pianist, composer, and educator († 1978)
• 1920 » Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author, poet, and painter († 2002)
• 1921 » Tommy Cooper, British magician and prop comedian († 1984)

• 1897 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
• 1900 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1900 » John Bingham, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
• 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
• 1949 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)

• 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 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
• 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.
• May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
• July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.

The temperature on March 19, 1918 was between 5.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.