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• Adolphine Caroline Ris, Vlissingen
• Antonius Adrianus Opdam, Lisse († 1990)
• Arzilia Soares Fragoso, São Mateus do Sul, Paraná, Brasil († 1952)
• Aaltje Gritter, Boerakker († 1918)
• Anthony Anderson († 1983)
• Allie Maude Tingle, Mississippi († 2010)
• Albertus Hendrikus ten Have, Wijhe († 1919)
• Ancle William Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Anna Elisabeth Julianus, Middelburg († 1964)
• Aart Rebergen, Veenendaal, Nederland († 1995)

• Anna Pieters Feenstra (78)
• Anna Pieters Feenstra (78), Wonseradeel
• Adriana Pieternella Raps (83), Best
• Aren van BODEGOM (56), Paterson, Passaic, US-NJ
• Albertus Antonius Reijnen (23), Hees
• Alicia (Lilia) Ann Cooke (72)
• Anna Catharina Dullens (69), Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Annechien Munneke (81), Nieuwediep, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen Harskamp (49), Huis A 430, Lochem
• Antje Jans Reima (85), Heeg, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1914 » Armen Alchian, American economist and academic († 2013)
• 1916 » Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic († 2007)
• 1916 » Beverly Cleary, American author
• 1916 » Russell Garcia, American-New Zealander composer and conductor († 2011)
• 1917 » Helen Forrest, American singer and actress († 1999)
• 1917 » Robert Manzon, French racing driver († 2015)
• 1917 » Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer († 1978)
• 1919 » Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader († 1991)
• 1919 » István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator († 2012)
• 1921 » Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician († 1978)

• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (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.
• June 10 » The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMSSzent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
• September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
• October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
• December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

The temperature on April 12, 1918 was between 6.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.