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• Aartje van de Burgt, Hoogland, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1991)
• Anna Christina Vranken, Catsop-Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Aafje Maria Smid, Wieringen († 1998)
• Adriaan Adolf (Bob) Schoevers, 's-Gravenhage († 2007)
• Aaltje (Alie) Steur, Edam Volendam († 2001)
• Aeilko Bulthuis, Slochteren († 1940)
• Alie STEUR, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Koopman, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1920)
• Anna Johanna Petronella de Mol Moncourt, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)
• Albert Albrecht CASTELEIN, Ichtegem († 1997)

• Arnoldina Croymans (65), Venray
• Albert Kuiper (62), Oude Pekela
• Antje Stork (77), Weesp
• Anna Schaafs (76), Kevelaer
• Anna Cornelia Ossenblok (3), Etten-Leur
• Albartus Zaal (75), Ruwiel {UT} (gemeente tot 1964)
• Arnoldina Crooijmans (65), Venray
• Annie Punter (58), Hickman, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus van Dijk (78), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Aaltje Beenhakker (74), Rotterdam

• 1918 » André Bazin, French critic and theorist († 1958)
• 1918 » Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes († 2001)
• 1918 » Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1918 » Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1918 » Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer († 2004)
• 1919 » Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending († 2002)
• 1919 » Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer († 2001)
• 1920 » John F. Wiley, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1921 » Jean Richard, French actor and singer († 2001)
• 1922 » Barbara Hale, American actress († 2017)

• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)

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

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
• March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
• May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

The temperature on April 18, 1920 was between 8.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.