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• Cedric Balthazar Theodoor Enklaar, Djakarta († 1985)
• Cornelis Adrianus Crena de iongh, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Adrianus Jacobus Groenendijk, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Clarence Bishop, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Clayton Bernard Hesslink († 1966)
• Alida Gerarda (Alie) van der Woude, Leeuwarden († 2007)
• Anita Langius, Hamburg (Hanzestad Hamburg), Duitsland († 2023)
• Catharina Elisabeth Schrooten, Neeroeteren († 2000)
• Berendina Johanna Maria Streppel, Wilp, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Ciriaco Theysen († 1984)

• Antonij Jan Brus (67), Winterswijk
• Berendina Aeida Oink (11), Hengelo
• Arie Hoogerwerf (21), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Hunsickerr (Myers) Moyer (72), Blooming Glen, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Antonij van Overveld (74), Steenbergen
• Anna Maria EVERS (75), Dyersville,Iowa
• Andreas C. Christensen (83), Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Wendels (29), Groningen
• Adriaan Kostermans (65), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel
• Augustus Peg FARMER Service no 4808 (30), Mericourt, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• 1915 » James Elliott, American runner and coach († 1981)
• 1919 » Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer († 2010)
• 1919 » John David Wilson, English animator and producer († 2013)
• 1920 » Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer († 1997)
• 1920 » Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer († 2006)
• 1921 » Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress († 2013)
• 1921 » Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1991)
• 1921 » William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1922 » Rory Calhoun, American actor († 1999)
• 1922 » Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini († 1985)

• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)

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 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
• September 29 » The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
• November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

The temperature on August 8, 1918 was between 12.1 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.