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• Jacob Willem de Pan, Goes,ZL
• Alexander Emanuel Hendrik Albert Maria Leopold Prins van van Sachsen Coburg Gotha België, Laeken (Brussel) († 2009)
• Catharina Joanna Maria Tineke Onderwater, Lisse, Lisse, South Holland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Alexandre de Belgique, Château de Laeken, Bruxelles, België († 2009)
• ALEXANDER Emanuel Heinrich Albert Maria Leopold von Belgien, Laken, Brabant Wallon, Belgien († 2009)
• Hendrikus Gerardus Gijsbertus (Harry) Eggenkamp, Blaricum († 1945)
• Alexander Emanuel Hendrik Albert Maria Leopold van BELGIË, Laken, 1020, Brussel, Brussel-Hoofdstad, België († 2009)
• Albert Dorman († 2018)
• Alexander Emanuel Henry Albert Marie Leopold van Saksen-Coburg, Kasteel Stuivenberg, Laken, Brussels Hoofdst.Gewest, Belgium († 2009)
• Alexandre Emmanuel Henri Albert Marie Léopold, OF BELGIUM, Laeken, Brabant, Belgium († 2009)

• Adriana Hendriks (77), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke HEIDSMA (44), Wagenborgen (Termunten) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Elizabeth Brisbane (59)
• Anna Margaretha Puist (28), Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna de Hullu (89), Cadzand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Siedses Sytsma (88), Vrouwenparochie, gem. Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Aron Smeer (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Landuydt (50), Berchem
• Adriana van Zon (60), Papendrecht
• Aaltje Pront (34), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland

• 1939 » Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player
• 1940 » James Brolin, American actor
• 1940 » Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager
• 1941 » Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1941 » Martha Reeves, American singer and politician
• 1942 » Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1942 » Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer († 2006)
• 1943 » Joseph J. Ellis, American historian and author
• 1944 » David Hemery, English hurdler and author

• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
• March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
• March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
• May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
• June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
• October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

The temperature on July 18, 1942 was between 12.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.