About the day » Wednesday April 3, 1918Calender converter

• Albertus Hendrikus Bongers, Haps († 1945)
• Adrain Lee Howell, Auglaize, Ohio, United States († 2000)
• Arthur William Boyken, Titonka, Kossuth Co., IA († 1995)
• Anthonius Gijsbertus Kamps, ,, Delft, Nederland († 1973)
• Alwin Luther Strevy († 1994)
• Catharina Anna van Eeden, Loosduinen († 2023)
• Aaltje Kooistra, Midwolde, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1994)
• Alice Nellie Shippee, Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, United States († 2004)
• Albert van der Schagt, Baarn († 1918)
• Antonia Josephina Hamonts, Ulbeek, België († 1982)

• Antje (Aaltje) van der Vliet (van Vliet) (63), Opsterland
• Anna Hutchens Chirgwin (84), Portarlington, Victoria, Australia
• Aartje Cornelia Bijl (79), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Franken (79), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje (Annetje) Katz (Kats) (85), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Adriaan Franken (79), Tilburg (Brabant)
• Anna Maria KAPES (59), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus Schonewelle (39), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltje de Koning (78), Barwoutswaarder, Utrecht, NL
• Arend Docter (77), Orange City (Sioux County, Iowa, USA)

• 1915 » Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2016)
• 1916 » Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer († 1988)
• 1916 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author († 1997)
• 1916 » Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer († 1991)
• 1918 » Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor († 2000)
• 1918 » Mary Anderson, American actress († 2014)
• 1919 » Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer († 2008)
• 1919 » Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer († 2015)
• 1920 » Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor († 2001)
• 1920 » Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna († 1977)

• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Albert
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• 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.
• February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
• June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

The temperature on April 3, 1918 was between 2.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.