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• Antonia Maria BORGONJEN, Voorst († 1996)
• Catharina Lucia Geerts, Baarle-Nassau († 1987)
• Adriana Johanna van Leeuwen, Rijnsburg
• Arnoldus Petrus Paulus Jansen, Leiden
• Albert Kolle, Groningen († 1990)
• Clyde Gray († 1977)
• Arie Jongejan, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Aad Kaandorp, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• C.R. Couwenberg († 2002)
• Aad Kaandorp († 1984)

• Aisso Pieters Toxopeus (82), Eelderwolde, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Kolsteren (74), Loon op Zand
• >Hylkjen Bijstra (81)
• Adriana Johanna Catherina Schout Velthuys (73), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• "Cecile" Sophie Eugenie Luise Pauline von Maucler (72), München, Bayern, Allemagne
• Anthonie Schreuders (75), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Kerremans (7), Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant
• Angélique CARPENTIER (83), Coutiches... Hauts de France
• Aaltje OVERSLOOT (73), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Sybes van der Vegt (64), Suameer

• 1914 » Martin Ritt, American actor and film director († 1990)
• 1915 » John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon († 2010)
• 1917 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1917 » Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer († 1986)
• 1917 » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
• 1919 » Eddie Lawrence, American actor, singer, and playwright († 2014)
• 1919 » Jennifer Jones, American actress († 2009)
• 1919 » Tamara Toumanova, Russian-American ballerina and actress († 1996)
• 1921 » Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photographer and journalist († 1986)
• 1921 » Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and coach († 2006)

• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)

• 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 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• January 25 » The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
• April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
• November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

The temperature on March 2, 1918 was between -1.9 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.