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• Antje Teunisdr Bakker, Urk († 2008)
• Antonius Snoeren, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Barbaradus Bakker († 1994)
• Angela Melania Augusta Jacobs, Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1947)
• Barendina Raveling
• Arnoldina Bartholina (Dien) STEVENS, Wijchen (NL/GE) († 2006)
• Adrianus Waltherus Jansen, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Carroll Joy Main, French Lick, Orange Co., IN († 1998)
• Alvan Raymond Godhard AGOD01.ALV01, Medford, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Aletta Barnhoorn, Katwijk († 2014)

• Bernardus Nass (4), Arnhem
• Adriana Cornelia Tholenaar (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Smink (0), Avereest
• Antje Kruit (19), Emmen
• Adriana Zomers (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon GODDERIJ (84), Brunssum
• Keeris (0), Vessem
• Andries Krumperman (64), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Martha Prinsenberg (53), Leiden
• Annigje Smink (0), Avereest

• 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)
• 1924 » Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler († 2014)
• 1925 » Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania († 2011)
• 1926 » Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2017)
• 1926 » Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1927 » George C. Scott, American actor and director († 1999)
• 1927 » Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player († 2013)

• 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)

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
• February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
• December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

The temperature on October 18, 1924 was between 0.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.