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• Hendrik Aalt van Huisstede, Weesp († 2011)
• Frans Joseph Janssen, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Jannis van der Lijcke, amsterdam, Nederland († 1988)
• Gerald LaVerle Groen († 2006)
• Jan Dijkhof († 1998)
• Franco Monego († 2005)
• Johanna Hendrika van der Steege († 1945)
• Gertrudis Bernardina Maria van den Bragt, Meerssen († 1996)
• Erna Verhoeven, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• Johanna Maria Eva Warning, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)

• Berend Post (39), Heerenveen
• Caroline Fransina Maria Eras (66), Ambarawa, Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
• Aaron Ossendrijver (48), Indische Oceaan
• Barbara Leontina Elskens (68), Kortenberg
• Andries van der Wijst (77), Bergharen
• Albert Bakker (69)
• Anna Theresia Geurts (22), De Bilt
• Berend Post (39), Heerenveen
• Adriaan Janse (84), Oudenbosch
• Aaltje Adriana van der Vliet (69), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic
• 1942 » Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
• 1942 » Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, English academic and politician
• 1944 » Kathy Acker, American author and poet († 1997)
• 1944 » Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer
• 1944 » Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent and double agent
• 1945 » Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1945 » Richard Bausch, American novelist and short story writer
• 1945 » Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer

• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
• September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
• September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
• September 17 » World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
• October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
• November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.

The temperature on April 18, 1944 was between 2.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.