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• Berend De Hooge († 1994)
• Catharina Maria van Loon, Loon op Zand († 1998)
• Anton Huibrecht Willem Berg van den, Schiedam († 2014)
• Arie Adrianus STEENWIJK, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Cornelis Timmer, Oosterend (Texel) († 1998)
• Arend Klip, Vlissingen († 1971)
• Beryl Allison Koetsveld, Dandenong, Australië († 1994)
• Cornelis Timmer, Oosterend (Texel), Nederland († 1998)
• * Gijsbertus Johannes Batenburg, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Berend de Hooge, Rotterdam († 1994)

• Berend Jan Rorije (1), Heerde
• Amelia Slot (63), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Pardoel (49), Eindhoven
• - Grooten (0), Bocholtz
• Carolina Jacoba Van Tol (53), Den Haag,-
• Antonius Adrianus Hattink (0), Deventer
• Beekje Kikkert (69), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Albertje Hofsteenge (42), Smilde
• Berend Sickman (82), Hardenberg, Ambt
• Catharina Adriana Schols (4)

• 1918 » Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1991)
• 1919 » Anita O'Day, American singer († 2006)
• 1919 » Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator († 2012)
• 1919 » Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada († 2000)
• 1919 » Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician († 1996)
• 1920 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture († 1994)
• 1921 » Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic († 1972)
• 1921 » Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 2005)
• 1921 » Jesse Helms, American soldier, journalist, and politician († 2008)
• 1923 » Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2008)

• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1935 » Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)

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

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
• May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
• July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
• December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

The temperature on October 18, 1921 was between 4.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.