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• Anna Maria Josephina Stommen, Bocholtz († 2001)
• Benjamin James Ewers , Sr., Marion, Waupaca, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Antonius van Creij, Helmond
• Anna Margaretha Gerda (Anneke) Hoeksema, Groningen, Gr, Nederland († 2006)
• Antonia Jacoba (Toos) Loose, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Alida Wilhelmina Paans, Werkendam († 1999)
• Antje Kroon, Edam, Nederland († 2019)
• Allegonda Maria Verhoeven, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Arnoud Duco baron van Hardenbroek van de Kleine Lindt, Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1936)
• Avin Hatler Yates, Dickenson Co., Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1996)

• Aaltje Sytzes Stienstra (84), Marrum
• Aartje Mannes (78), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Drift (51), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Hellemons (0), Wilmarsdonk
• Anna Maria Bulters (69), Haarlem
• Adamus Schiepers (82), Kanne, Riemst (B)
• Adriana Margaretha Cuppen (48), Mierlo
• Adrianus Kockx (57), Gilze en Rijen
• Aaltje Schnoor (36), Zwolle
• Atje Veenstra (0), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1917 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1919 » Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina († 1991)
• 1920 » Pope John Paul II († 2005)
• 1921 » Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
• 1922 » Bill Macy, American actor († 2019)
• 1922 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer († 1983)
• 1923 » Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica († 2004)
• 1923 » Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2013)
• 1924 » Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster († 2019)
• 1924 » Priscilla Pointer, American actress

• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)

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.
• March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
• April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
• June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
• November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
• December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

The temperature on May 18, 1921 was between 10.5 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.