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• Anneke Hooymeyer († 2014)
• Anna Kroes, Ooij, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Kerkhof († 1980)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Kerkhof, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella Francisca (Nel) Hendrix, Baarlo († 2000)
• Anna Maria Groot, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1985)
• Adriën Bernardus van der Ham, Den Helder († 2013)
• Arij Bos, Maasland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Cornelis Busio, Oosterhout († 2004)
• Adrianus Hendricus Ilmer, Raamsdonk († 1919)

• Arie Rijsdijk (28), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Hulst (70), Staphorst
• Antje Cornelis Piso (56), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan Evert van Wijk (0), Dordrecht
• Anson Penniman Goodell (78), Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Piso (56), Woerden
• Antje van de Water (68), Appeltern, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cassandra Ann Williams (65), Wiseman, Izard, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Ant(h)onius Johannes Cornelis van Driel (58), Voorburg, ZH, The Netherlands
• Anneke Zijlstra (38), Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland

• 1916 » Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1917 » Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba († 2010)
• 1918 » Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator († 1992)
• 1919 » Beryl Reid, English actress († 1996)
• 1919 » John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot († 2016)
• 1919 » William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
• 1920 » François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1920 » Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician († 1981)
• 1920 » Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey († 2018)
• 1920 » Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress († 2015)

• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)

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 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
• 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 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
• November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.

The temperature on June 17, 1918 was between 2.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.