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• Carrol Harold Todd ?****, Fort Stewart, Bryan, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Alphonsus Maria Platvoet, Enschede († 1997)
• Alphonsus Maria (Fons) Platvoet, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 1997)
• Aukje Dijk, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• anthonie ferdinand smits, haarlemmermeer († 1997)
• Catharina Cornelia van Maurik, Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonia Emma Ketel, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2001)
• Caroline van Emrik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Bernardus Johannes van den Bercken († 1983)
• August Vanderbrug, Nederland († 1993)

• Albert WIJNBERG (47), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert VENNINK (6), Assen, Drenthe, NEDERLAND
• Augustinus Joannes JANSEGERS (0), Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Langendoen (86), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna van Beek (37), Apeldoorn
• Augustus Henry Moreton MacDonald (69)
• Annetje van de Kamp (19), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bastiana van Kesteren (79), Rotterdam
• Albert Van Den Dungen Gronovius (3), Bandoeng, Ned. Indie
• Anna Maria Christina Knist (37), Hatert (Nijmegen)

• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)
• 1916 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta († 2012)
• 1916 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic († 1970)
• 1917 » Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1917 » Robert Mitchum, American actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager († 2001)
• 1919 » Pauline Betz, American tennis player († 2011)
• 1920 » Ella Raines, American actress († 1988)
• 1920 » John Graves, American author († 2013)
• 1920 » Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter († 1985)

• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

• 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 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
• April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
• November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
• November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
• November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
• December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

The temperature on August 6, 1918 was between 10.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.