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• Bartele van der Hoek, Damwoude († 1987)
• Beryl Mary Drew, Reading, Birkshire (Engeland) († 1969)
• Barend Koelemij, Den Haag († 1988)
• Antonius Willebrordus Wiefferink, Denekamp († 1921)
• Catharina Doedens, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Anna Alders, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Abraham Francois Hempel, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aaltje Eefsting († 1984)
• Barreveld Kappert, Doetinchem († 1993)
• Bernardus Petrus van Geel, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Anna Nieman (83), Oude Pekela
• Aaltje Vader (68), Schagen
• Anna Christina Flora Macdonald Munro (80), Soekaboemi, Ned. Indie
• Antonius Johannes Kapitein (74), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustus Carolus ALLACKER (68), Beveren,Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgi
• Adriana Cornelia Janssen (31), Hilversum, 1200, Nederland
• Aalbert Hendrik Verheij (77), Scheveningen
• Anna Catharina van Selst (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberto Guerrero (50)
• Berend Willem Wonink (65), Apeldoorn

• 1918 » İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author († 2008)
• 1918 » Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient († 2007)
• 1919 » Jocelyn Brando, American actress († 2005)
• 1920 » Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt († 2008)
• 1920 » Robert Fryer, American playwright and producer († 2000)
• 1920 » Ron Suart, English football player and manager († 2015)
• 1922 » Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua († 1967)
• 1922 » Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver († 1992)
• 1923 » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut († 1998)
• 1923 » Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2010)

• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)

• 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.
• January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
• March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
• March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
• March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
• June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

The temperature on November 18, 1921 was between 1.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.