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• Amyntas Euclides Becker, Curitiba Paraná Brasil († 1963)
• Albertus Bernardus (Bart) Tersteeg († 1995)
• Annetje Maria Kraan, Kamerik († 2001)
• Annigje van der Linde, Zwollerkerspel, Ov. Nederland († 1999)
• Arie Willem den Boer, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Aleida Johanna Huisman († 2005)
• Arnold Luther Bishop, Chunky, Newton, Mississippi († 1970)
• Aaltje Klaassen, Harderwijk († 1985)
• Bastiaantje Kooij († 2006)
• Anna Engel Kolmer, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 2017)

• Amalia Caroline van FÜRSTENBERG-STÜHLINGEN (69), Baden-Baden, Baden-Wurttemberg
• Alida Pekelder (61), Groningen
• Adriana Grootenboer (77), Sint Maartensdijk
• Anna Hendrika van Balkum (86), Drempt (Bronckhorst)
• Antje Zonneveld (64), Zevenaar
• Anna Catharina Peeters (84), Kalmthout, België
• Alida Pekelder (61), Groningen
• Aleida Johanna Aldegonda van Kempen (57), Babberich, Nederland
• Adrianus Migchielsen (66), Groenlo, Netherlands
• Aartje Zonneveld (63), Zevenaar

• 1911 » Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player, († 1998)
• 1915 » Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot († 2001)
• 1918 » George Lincoln Rockwell, American sailor and politician, founded the American Nazi Party († 1967)
• 1918 » Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist († 2006)
• 1920 » Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach († 2015)
• 1921 » Carl Betz, American actor († 1978)
• 1922 » Ian Turbott, New Zealand-Australian former diplomat and university administrator († 2016)
• 1923 » André Courrèges, French fashion designer († 2016)
• 1923 » James L. Buckley, American lawyer, judge, and politician
• 1923 » Walter Kohn, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)

• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)

• 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 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

The temperature on March 9, 1918 was between -2.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.