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• Albert Joseph Diewold, Saskatchewan, Canada († 1996)
• Aaldrik Klok, Veendam († 1992)
• Zondag, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriana Wagemakers, Zwijndrecht († 2002)
• Douma, Nijega (Small.) († 1918)
• Adriana Gijsberta, Noordwijk († 1997)
• Arend Jacobus KLEINENBERG, Musselkanaal (Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Cornelia Boelhouwer, Giessendam († 2000)
• Antoon Hendrik Rooth, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1920)
• * Elisabeth van Hoorne, Gorinchem († 1999)

• Anna Gerardina Maria van Beurden (0), Tilburg
• Alida Pieternella Jacoba "Ella" Kegel (Keegel) (72), Pella City, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Hoorweg (49), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Roebuck (80), Grey Lynn, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
• Anna Gerardina Maria Beurden van (0), Tilburg
• Arie Hoorweg (49), Naaldwijk
• Arij Cornelisse Hoorweg (49), Naaldwijk
• Aagje de Wolf (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Breet (80), Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van de Worp (1), Hengelo (O)

• 1914 » Kenneth More, English actor († 1982)
• 1915 » Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan († 2003)
• 1917 » Clarice Taylor, American actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Fernando Rey, Spanish actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer († 1996)
• 1917 » Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist († 2009)
• 1917 » Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1918 » Horace Gould, English race car driver († 1968)
• 1920 » Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions († 1989)
• 1921 » Chico Hamilton, American drummer, composer, and bandleader († 2013)

• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)

• 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 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

The temperature on September 20, 1918 was between 9.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.