About the day » Saturday January 18, 1919Calender converter

• Alice Frieda SYSWERDA, Michigan U.S.A († 2006)
• Adriana Johanna Biever, Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Ana de Jesús Correa Roldán, Angostura, Antioquia, Colombia († 2011)
• Annie Stam, Dordrecht († 1980)
• Allen J Volpa, Fresno, Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Albert Roos, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Antonius Johannes Kasbergen, Kamerik, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1987)
• Antonius Franciscus Hoffman, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Cornelia Petronella (Corrie) Versaevel, Oude Tonge († 2013)
• Adrianus Stokkel, Aalsmeer († 2010)

• Anna Hermina Lucia Bax (55), Sonsbeck D
• Aafke Botter (2), Emmen
• Aldegondis Milda Punie (5), Alken, België
• Adriaan Schokker (5), Vroomshoop
• Adrianus Simon Cornelis Vissers (81)
• Andries Fransman (60), Rotterdam
• Adriana Klazina Boer (29), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Alphonse van ROYEN (35), Charleroi, Henegouwen, België
• Angus McNeil (30), New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
• Anna Hoeksema (23), Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa

• 1915 » Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician († 2012)
• 1915 » Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician († 1998)
• 1915 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1984)
• 1917 » Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1917 » Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman († 2008)
• 1918 » Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator († 1996)
• 1919 » Toni Turek, German footballer († 1984)
• 1921 » Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1923 » Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist († 2015)
• 1923 » John Graham, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Wales († 2012)

• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)

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.
• February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
• March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
• June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
• December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on January 18, 1919 was between -0.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.