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• Arend Jonkman, Zuidwolde († 1999)
• Aaltje Greven *, Steenwijk († 2003)
• Aartje Jacoba Graver, Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1999)
• Antonius Marinus van Dijk, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• Arend Limburg, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adriana De Waard van den Hoek († 1993)
• Anton Diks († 1975)
• Anna Elisabeth Pauwels, Herselt, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1988)
• van der Veen, Assen († 1918)
• Adrianus Hubertus Smits, Waspik († 2000)

• Antonia Hubertina Klaassen (1), Nijmegen
• Charles Shore (77), Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Barbara Henssen (76), Geulle (Meerssen), Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina* Elisabeth Buß (59), Gronau, St. Antonius Hospital
• Anna de Boer (76), Hollum (gem. Ameland)
• Carolus Aerts (69), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelia Johanna de Koning, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Mimpen (70), Tilburg
• Benjamin Robert BEASLEY (46), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Arie van Kessel (55), Tiel (GL)

• 1916 » Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1916 » Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator († 1992)
• 1917 » Byron White, American football player and judge († 2002)
• 1918 » George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician († 1994)
• 1918 » John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic († 2016)
• 1918 » John H. Ross, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1918 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer († 1987)
• 1919 » John R. Deane, Jr., American general († 2013)
• 1920 » Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright († 1995)

• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (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 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
• October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
• November 1 » Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
• November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

The temperature on June 8, 1918 was between 6.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.