About the day » Friday May 18, 1945Calender converter

• Albertus van Tussenbroek, Bodegraven († 2003)
• Gerard Snoek, Ede († 1955)
• Geurtje van Lagen, Uddel († 1945)
• Diderika Dorothea Hop, Velsen († 2016)
• Maasje van Beekhuizen, Harderwijk († 1945)
• Engbert van der Vaart († 1990)
• Gisela Schermer, Neuenburg, Friesland, Niedersachsen, Germany († 1996)
• Johanna Christina de Jong, amsterdam, Nederland († 1996)
• Ans Mors († 1991)
• Levenloos Knegt, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)

• Antonius Henricus Willemsen (58), Voorst
• Aaltje Matser (91), Haarlem
• Adriaan Bruin (68), Texel
• Alberta Zwaaij (8)
• Adriaan Dingemanse (20), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, NL
• Adriana Beljaers (65), Winschoten
• Ada Ann Robards Watkins [K 78] (81), Henderson County, Kentucky
• "Wilhelm" Friedrich Heinrich zu Wied (69), Predeal, Roumanie
• (77), Bodegraven, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Alexander Zwijgers (79), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » Nobby Stiles, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1944 » Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1944 » W. G. Sebald, German novelist, essayist, and poet († 2001)
• 1946 » Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
• 1946 » Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author († 2013)
• 1946 » Reggie Jackson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1947 » Gail Strickland, American actress
• 1947 » John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1948 » Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer
• 1948 » Yi Mun-yol, South Korean author and academic

• 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)
• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
• 1968 » Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Geertruida
14. Irene
15. Mary
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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• January 9 » World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
• March 7 » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.
• April 9 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
• October 18 » The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• November 20 » Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
• December 19 » John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason.

The temperature on May 18, 1945 was between 9.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.