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• "kind van mannelijk" van Eerde, Den Helder († 1919)
• Adrianus Cornelius Maria Verdonk, Tilburg († 1969)
• Aartje Brinkhorst, Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriaantje DE BRUIN BRUIJN, Zwijndrecht (NL/ZH) († 1992)
• Arie Vink, Woudrichem, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1959)
• Angelo Mecca, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Aaltje van Diermen († 2008)
• Angèle, Joséphine, Henriette COLLET, Guern,56310,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE († 1921)
• Adrianus Simon van Oevelen, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Anthonie Pieter Dockheer († 1993)

• Arie van AALSBURG (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthoinetta Cornelia Schenk (62), 's-Gravenhage
• Charles De Ceulaer (70), Mechelen, België
• Anna Maria Geertruida Zuurendonk (56), Haarlem
• Antonius Hubertus Smackers (63), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Frederik Hoorn (13), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adrianus Schelling (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Paulina Karres (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Kars (8), tiel
• Sijke Bruins Bruinsma (73), Hoogeveen

• 1916 » Moura Lympany, English pianist († 2005)
• 1916 » Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat († 2018)
• 1917 » Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense († 2006)
• 1918 » Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1961)
• 1919 » Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska († 2010)
• 1920 » Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1920 » Godfrey Evans, English cricketer († 1999)
• 1920 » Shelley Winters, American actress († 2006)
• 1921 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot († 1943)
• 1921 » Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic († 2015)

• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
• June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
• July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
• July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

The temperature on August 18, 1919 was between 11.0 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.