About the day » Wednesday May 18, 1955Calender converter

• Josine Kraal, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Geertruida Helena Tienesen, Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)
• Hendrika Mulder, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
• Kyösti Kaskinen, Finland († 1955)
• Hendrikus Ch. M. Giesbertz, Nijmegen († 1996)
• Hendrikus Ardesch, Dalmsholte († 2023)
• Fronie Wijnjeterp, Schoorl († 2003)
• Fronica Hendrica Wijnjeterp, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Gerrit Hilberdink, Veendam († 1964)
• René SCHENK, Aalten († 1979)

• Arthur Soucy (68), Hartford, Conn
• Anna Wilhelmina Blanken (66), Utrecht (Woonachtig in Schoonhoven)
• * Jacobus Kunz (58), Delft
• Anna Elizabeth Petersen (70), Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
• Baukje Annes Wedzinga (63), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Johanna de Gans (71), Rotterdam
• Annetje Brons (70), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Eugenie Vriends (71), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ate Veenstra (81), Emmen, Nederland
• Annetje Brons (70)

• 1952 » David Leakey, English general and politician
• 1952 » Diane Duane, American author and screenwriter
• 1953 » Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator († 2015)
• 1954 » Eric Gerets, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1954 » Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor and screenwriter
• 1956 » Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter
• 1956 » John Godber, English playwright and screenwriter
• 1957 » Henrietta Moore, English anthropologist and academic
• 1957 » Michael Cretu, Romanian-German keyboard player and producer

• 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. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. John
10. Petrus
11. Gerrit
12. Dirk
13. David
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Jacobus

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

• 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
• January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
• January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

The temperature on May 18, 1955 was between 4.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.