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• Aaltje Hobers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1969)
• Christina Cornelia (Stien) Rechters, Schiedam († 1998)
• Bernardus Adianus Johannes (Ben) Rogmans, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1959)
• Andries Turksema (Turksma), Zevenhuizen (Leek) († 1989)
• van Ingen, Heerlen († 1994)
• Albert J. M. Vanrusselt, Heers, België († 2009)
• Bacil Leroy Keel († 1992)
• Albert Cannaert, Bernay-en-Pontieu France († 1998)
• Christina Cornelia Maria (Stien) Rechters (Richters), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Aalbert van Sprakelaar, Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1918)

• Charles TURNER (60), East Grinstead, East Sussex
• Antje Dirks ter Beek (77), Blokker
• Antonius Adrianus van den Berg (76), Den Haag
• Antonius Johannes Beerens (0), Loon op Zand
• Andries Keuter, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Harmens Hoekstra (74), Vries (Drenthe)
• Adrianus Buitenweg (69), Vreeswijk (Nieuwegein), Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Ludwig Müffelmann (66), Bad Sülze, Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Bernardina Gomes da Silveira (97), Júlio de Castilhos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Catharina Jacobs (73), Escharen

• 1913 » Duane Carter, American race car driver († 1993)
• 1914 » Tyrone Power, American actor († 1958)
• 1915 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer († 1998)
• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)
• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1918 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest († 2005)
• 1919 » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece († 1999)
• 1921 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1922 » Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian († 2003)
• 1923 » William C. Campbell, American golfer († 2013)

• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)

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.
• June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• 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 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
• October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
• November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.

The temperature on May 5, 1918 was between 9.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.