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• Adrianus Josephus Hubertus van Miert, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2001)
• Adrianus Bosma, Velsen, Noord Holland
• Alice Nellie Judy, Salem, Fremont, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Alida Scholten, Gasselternijveen, Gemeente Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)
• Antoinette Broekema, Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, United States († 1961)
• Anna Elisabeth Balduk, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• Adrianus van Son, Drunen († 1999)
• Adriaan van Rijsbergen († 1984)
• Schut, Voorst, Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1918)
• Alphons Loduvicus Notermans, Ulestraten, Nederland († 1986)

• Aalt Brummel (78), doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Soer (63), Havelte
• Barbara (58), Monroe Township, Adams, Indiana, United States
• Antonie de Rooij (73), Dussen
• Prenger (0), Denekamp, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van der Veldt (46), Haarlem
• Anna Meertens (80), Ambt Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana de Kroon (92), Vessem
• Abraham van den Oudenalder (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cientje Binnendijk (72), Hasselt

• 1915 » Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress († 1959)
• 1915 » Henry Kuttner, American author († 1958)
• 1915 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1916 » Anthony Caruso, American actor († 2003)
• 1917 » R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright († 2012)
• 1918 » Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach († 2017)
• 1919 » Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer († 2012)
• 1919 » Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1920 » Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer († 2012)
• 1921 » Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist († 1992)

• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 » George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1922 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (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 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
• April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
• May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
• October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
• December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

The temperature on April 7, 1918 was between 6.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.