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• John William Hulst († 2009)
• Jantje van Tatenhove, De Koog (Texel, NH) († 2018)
• Nicolaas Adrianus Petrus van Bohemen, Noordwijk († 2019)
• N.N. Molenaar, Rhoon
• Albertus Martinus Maria Hurkmans, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• N.N. Molenaar, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Corrie DIETVORST, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1944)
• Johannes Roelof "Hans" Buter, Epe,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• James Sean Daly, Dungannon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland († 2011)
• Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis Jol, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)

• Anna Seifert (88), New Baltimore Macomb County Michigan
• Antje Dirks(d) Grin (82), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Ludwig van Erbach Schonberg (72), Bensheim
• Antoon van der Velden (79), Doetinchem
• Alice Sybrandy (49), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Alexander Ludwig Alfred Eberhard zu Erbach-Schönberg (72), Bensheim (Dld)
• Alexandre d'Erbach-Schönberg (72)
• anna sibilla wilms (77), venray
• Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (72), Bensheim, Nazi Germany
• Antje Grin (82), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, English businessman
• 1942 » Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar
• 1943 » Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
• 1943 » Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Chris Shays, American politician
• 1945 » Huell Howser, American television host and actor († 2013)
• 1946 » Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician
• 1946 » Frank Beamer, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer
• 1946 » James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter († 1997)

• 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)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)

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. Peter

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.
• April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
• July 6 » The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
• July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
• August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
• September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins
• November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.

The temperature on October 18, 1944 was between 7.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.