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• Antonius Matheus Cornelis van Oers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Albert Bisschop, Blankenberge, België († 2002)
• Adrianus Offerman, SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Aaltje Greven, Steenwijk († 2003)
• Anna Lapré, Soerabaja, Oost-Java (Nederlands Indië) († 2006)
• Antonius van Spijk, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Kok, Hoogland († 1918)
• Anna Elisabeth Pauwels, Herselt, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1988)
• Arend Jonkman, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Alfredine PIRARD, Remicourt (Hodeige),4351,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1990)

• Abel Stanley (83)
• Anna Hendrika Scholten (0), Dulder (Weerselo)
• Aaltje Remmelts Vriesema (64), Harlingen, Nederland
• Arendtje Jans Bakker (77), Amsterdam
• Casparus Josef Schmets (1), Vaals, Nederland
• Charles Louis MISPELAERE (60), Wevelgem, 34041, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Cornelia van Scheppingen (18), Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hendriks DE BOER (76), Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Wiersum (62), Klein Garnwerd
• Bertha (Berendje) Por (67), Kent County, Michigan, Grand Rapids, VS

• 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)

• 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 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
• February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
• September 29 » The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
• October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
• October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments

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.