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• Alida Catharina de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 2007)
• Borgman, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1919)
• Ada van Woudenberg Hamstra, Zutphen († 2010)
• Andries Martinus Regoor, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Aagko Knol, Leens († 1919)
• Alida Pieters Hogewoning, Rijnsburg († 2012)
• Adrianus Johannes van Antwerpen, Monster († 2007)
• Albertus Horneman, grijpskerk († 1986)
• Adrianus Oerlemans, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• van Woensel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aart LEEUWENBURG, Bergen op Zoom
• Aalbert de Graaf (54), Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Paulina Maas (0), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonie van der Blom (88), Maassluis
• Adriana Wilhelmina Flach (60), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Hurkuik (69), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Renzes SEINSTRA (74), Roordahuizum (Idaarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Aafke de Groot (40), Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha Catharina Couzijn (69), Poerworedjo, residentie Kediri
• Anna Isabella Aertssen (84), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1913 » Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and playwright († 2009)
• 1913 » William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence († 1987)
• 1914 » Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1943)
• 1914 » W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright († 1998)
• 1916 » Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic († 2017)
• 1916 » Lindy Boggs, American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See († 2013)
• 1920 » Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast († 2015)
• 1921 » Al Jaffee, American cartoonist
• 1923 » Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general († 2010)
• 1925 » Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer

• 1884 » Leland Stanford Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (b. 1868)
• 1885 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (b. 1795)
• 1901 » Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1906 » Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
• 1936 » Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)
• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)

• 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.
• May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
• July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
• July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
• September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

The temperature on March 13, 1919 was between 0.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.