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• Anna Maria Schuffelen, Born († 2006)
• Catharina Hendrika Francina Solleveld, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Arthur William Vos, Boyden, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Annette Elizabeth MOLENHOUSE († 2001)
• Aartje Jansen, Haarlemmermeer († 2004)
• Bernard Joseph Spijkers, Simpelveld († 1922)
• Catharina (Trien) Bezemer, Holysloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Andreas Joseph (Andrees) Somers, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Arie Hendrikus Lenting, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1991)
• Arnold J. Groenendijk (Greendyk), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1993)

• Aaltje Hendriks Scholte (54), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Johanna Maria Molegraaf (73), Zevenbergen
• Anna Catharina Hennen (27), Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Maria MELCHIOR (49)
• Bernard Heinrich Specken (51), Erika, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Antonie Timmermans (75), Zevenbergen, Noord Brabant
• Augustina (Ankje) Langenhorst (54), Harlingen
• Arnoldus Cornelis van Schendelen (30), Utrecht
• Abraham Johannes Kraan (85), Zeist
• Aaltje Hendriks SCHOLTE (54), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1914 » Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer († 2017)
• 1914 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany († 1999)
• 1915 » David Diamond, American composer and educator († 2005)
• 1915 » Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer († 2008)
• 1916 » Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer († 1984)
• 1916 » Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2005)
• 1917 » Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust († 2019)
• 1918 » Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army († 1999)
• 1918 » Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic († 2012)
• 1921 » David C. Jones, American general († 2013)

• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
• 1938 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)

• 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.
• March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• 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: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

The temperature on July 9, 1918 was between 10.3 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.