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• Carl O Grendahl, Montana († 1992)
• Albertus Hendrikus Schrotenboer, den ham († 1918)
• Beatrix Gerarda Maria (Bea) van Huijstee, Sloten, Nederland († 1999)
• Anny Leonie Marie Schuerman, Roosendaal († 1998)
• Anna Bouma, Iowa (USA) († 1992)
• Annegien Venema, Sappemeer, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2012)
• Charles Lodewijk Weteling, Vlaardingen († 2001)
• Clayton Leroy CRAM, Maine († 2000)
• Cornelia van Til, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1918)
• Catharina Grammer, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)

• Adriana Beuke (58), Weesperkarspel
• Adrianus Cornelis Lambertus Zwart (78), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Louise Hubertina Janssen (70), Venlo
• "Meintje" Wilhelmina Wilhelmina (75), Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Reedijk (0), Numansdorp
• Andries Maijens Ras (76), Urk
• CATHARINA ELIZABETH ADRIANA WÖLTJEN (54), ROTTERDAM
• Andries Demaree (65), Den Haag
• Arie Mante (21), Den Helder
• Antonius Bolder (60), Zeddam

• 1913 » Wesley Addy, American actor († 1996)
• 1915 » Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System († 2007)
• 1917 » John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer († 2012)
• 1918 » Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist († 2012)
• 1919 » Michel Déon, French novelist, playwright, and critic († 2016)
• 1920 » Helen Thomas, American journalist and author († 2013)
• 1921 » Herb Ellis, American guitarist († 2010)
• 1921 » Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2000)
• 1922 » Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal († 2012)
• 1922 » Mayme Agnew Clayton, American librarian (d.2006)

• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)

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.
• March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
• 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.
• December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.

The temperature on August 4, 1918 was between 11.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.