About the day » Thursday May 18, 1933Calender converter

• Carol Lorraine Jewett, Carson City, Nevada, United States († 1989)
• Bernardus, Hendricus Kouters († 2010)
• A.G.M. Olde Olthof († 2025)
• Cornelis Woittiez, Breskens (gem. Sluis, Zeeland) († 2021)
• Dorine Wechsler-Roos († 2017)
• Billie Earl Welborn, Pelican Desoto, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Dirkje van der Pols, Rhoon († 1936)
• Els Hellendoorn, Bandoeng (Ned. Indië) († 2011)
• Gerardus Aloysius Maria van Adrichem, Naaldwijk († 1989)
• Adrianus "Janus" van Beelen, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)

• Albert Laan, van der (74), Ermelo
• Akke Alberts Koopmans (83), Luinjeberd, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Amelia Vermeulen (81), Ayton,West Grey, Grey county, Ontario, Canada
• Aloisius Lanssens (54), Zwevezele,8750,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Albertus Loeffen (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Sebrechts (76), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Kamphuis (46), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaije Albers Rust (84), Ellinwood, Barton, Kansas
• Albert Liezen (63), Havelte
• Alice Natalia Goossen (77), Chicago, Cook (IL), Verenigde Staten

• 1930 » Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author († 2007)
• 1930 » Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1931 » Clément Vincent, Canadian farmer and politician († 2018)
• 1931 » Don Martin, American cartoonist († 2000)
• 1931 » Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player († 1995)
• 1931 » Robert Morse, American actor
• 1933 » Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
• 1933 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer († 1985)
• 1933 » H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
• 1934 » Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director

• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 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)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
• February 5 » Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
• April 24 » Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
• May 2 » Germany's independent labor unions are replaced by the German Labour Front.
• August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
• September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
• November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

The temperature on May 18, 1933 was between 1.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.