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• Auke van der Weide, Oostzaan († 1946)
• Antonius Franciscus Hoffman, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Christina Jacoba Petronella Schaefers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Allen J Volpa, Fresno, Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Antonius Johannes Hubertus Sorée, Venlo († 1977)
• Adriana Johanna Biever, Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Antonius Lambertus Peters Rit, Cuijk en Sint Agatha († 1919)
• Alice Frieda SYSWERDA, Michigan U.S.A († 2006)
• Ana de Jesús Correa Roldán, Angostura,Antioquia,Colombia († 2011)
• Colvert Shirley Kirkconnell, Stake Bay, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands († 2009)

• Adriana Klazina Boer (29), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• * Kaatje Voorsluijs (77), Nieuw Lekkerland
• Aafke Botter (1), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Stephens (85), Ryder Hill, Randolph, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Albert George Lawson (37)
• Adriana Dekker (75), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Rullens, Oosterhout
• Angus McNeil (30), New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
• Anna Christina Nieuwenhuizen (81), Haarlem
• Aagje Geervliet (78), haarlem

• 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)

• 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 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
• February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
• March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
• June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.

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.