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• Cato Aleida Wolkenfelt, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Baukje Bosch, Hallum († 2012)
• Catharina Cornelia van GILS, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Benjamin Easton SAMPSON, Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States of America († 1994)
• Baukje Bosch, Hallum († 2012)
• Arie van der Ende, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Adriana Aartje van Ginkel († 2004)
• Anthonius Nicolaas Blans, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1950)
• Aart Franken, Hierden († 1973)
• Anne (André) van der Weij, Boxtel († 1998)

• Bernardus Panders, Berghem, NoordBrabent, Nederland
• Arentje Nelisse (35), Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alice Day
• Adrianus Johannes Maria van Gurp (25), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Vereeken (49), Goes Zld. NL
• Anna Maria de Wolff (65)
• Aaltje Swierenga (93), Overschild (Slogteren), Groningen, Nederland
• Aalt Buitenhuis (76), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kornelis SWIERINGA (93), Overschild, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoon Teunisz Broek (22), Zee, abv SS Hercules, sleepboot, omgeslagen tgv stortzee

• 1913 » Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1913 » Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1913 » Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1916 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1916 » Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic († 2008)
• 1917 » Ossie Davis, American actor and activist († 2005)
• 1920 » Robert Leckie, American soldier and author († 2001)
• 1922 » Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist († 2006)
• 1922 » Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1923 » Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London († 2019)

• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (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. 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 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
• 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.
• May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
• October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

The temperature on December 18, 1919 was between 0.6 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.