About the day » Tuesday March 18, 1930Calender converter

• Elisabeth Slingerland († 1992)
• boy-1 Shaffer († 1930)
• Anna Maria van Katwijk († 2014)
• Cornelis Stolk, Ridderkerk ZH Nederland († 2010)
• Daniël Lievens, Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België († 2009)
• Ferdinand Hubert Joseph Maria de Nerée tot Babberich, Maastricht, Maastricht, LI, Netherlands († 1985)
• Arlena Idona Smith, Milford, Penobscot, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Carmella Trombini, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil († 1998)
• Antoine Hermans, Diepenbeek, België († 2008)
• Eltje Buwalda, Ulrum, Groningen, Netherlands († 2012)

• Antonius van de Westelaken (57), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Atze Taedes Murks Van Stralen (49), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Antoinette Helena Johanna Louisa Stutterheim (83), Arnhem
• Andries van de Logt (69), Elst
• Berend Jan Stevens (69), Holten (Beuseberg)
• Catherine Rigney (45), Middletown, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius van de Westelaken (56), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Jane Shannon (65), Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Maybe the 12th
• Anna Rozeveld (61), Wildervank
• Atze Taede van Stralen (49), Amsterdam

• 1927 » George Plimpton, American journalist and actor († 2003)
• 1927 » John Kander, American pianist and composer
• 1927 » Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company († 2015)
• 1928 » Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines
• 1928 » Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist († 2013)
• 1929 » Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author († 2015)
• 1930 » James J. Andrews, American mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1931 » John Fraser, Scottish actor
• 1932 » John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic († 2009)
• 1933 » Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician († 2019)

• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)

• 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
• February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
• June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
• June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
• September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
• September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
• October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.

The temperature on March 18, 1930 was between 3.1 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.