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• Anthony Carlascio, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Anna Margaretha van de Beek, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Maria Ruijs, Oss († 2008)
• Alida Duym, Appels († 1998)
• Albertje Hommes, Delfzijl, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aaltje Mazenier, Emmen († 2007)
• Antonius Johannes van der Voort, 's-Gravenhage († 1944)
• Boukje Eisenga, Gemeente Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adrianus Maria van Liempt, Woensel, Eindhoven († 1987)
• Albert Oort, Giethoorn († 2004)

• Adrianus van Herk (63), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Veenhoven (72), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltien Polling (57), Tynaarlo, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Rijnhoud (71), Schiedam
• Anton van Eijken-Scholten (16), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nl
• Schalkwijk (0), Hilversum (NH, NLD)
• Anna Vissers (46), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Dieuwertje Wit (18), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia De Vries (0)
• Anna Maria Stokkermans (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1916 » Antoni Bazaniak, Polish sprint canoeist († 1979)
• 1917 » Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar († 2001)
• 1917 » Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer († 2017)
• 1917 » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor († 1996)
• 1917 » Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat († 2013)
• 1918 » Gersh Budker, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic († 1977)
• 1918 » Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host († 2004)
• 1919 » Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor († 2005)
• 1919 » Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer († 2013)
• 1919 » Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco († 2018)

• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)

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.
• February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
• February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
• July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

The temperature on May 1, 1918 was between 3.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.