About the day » Wednesday May 18, 1949Calender converter

• Hans-Otto Panhoff († 2016)
• Marilda Alves Moreira da Silva, Brasil († 2021)
• herman antonius hendrikus naus, kessel
• (Stillborn) KOOISTRA († 1949)
• Pieter Eugeen Antoon van Keeren, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Dirk Akkerboom, Harlingen, Nederland († 2014)
• Geesje Schonewille, Nieuwlande, Drenthe, Nederland († 1949)
• Nancy Ellen Bowdish, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Gertjan Prinsen († 1993)
• josephus theodorus maria (jos) wilms, helden-beringe

• * Cornelia Francisca (Sientje) van Dongen (85), Deurne
• Annie Doyle (77), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Anna Elisabeth Cramer (67), Ermelo
• Arie JONGEJAN (84), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Arie Jongejan (84), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Benjamin Oliver Harris (71), Wadley, Randolph, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Jentje Stevens (83), Oosterhesselen
• Albertien Smit (74), Tynaarlo, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje ter Beek (70), Ermelo, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Allan Snodgrass (88), aged 88 years, Dunedoo, NSW, AU

• 1947 » Gail Strickland, American actress
• 1947 » John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1948 » Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer
• 1948 » Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist and academic
• 1948 » Tom Udall, American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General, United States Senator from New Mexico
• 1948 » Yi Mun-yol, South Korean author and academic
• 1949 » Rick Wakeman, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (Yes)
• 1949 » Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer and pastor († 2010)
• 1950 » Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter
• 1950 » Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach († 1997)

• 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)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)

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

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

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
• February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

The temperature on May 18, 1949 was between 6.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.