About the day » Thursday March 18, 1943Calender converter

• James Joseph Stirling († 1943)
• Dirk Meinderts van der Galien († 1990)
• Howard Fletcher († 1992)
• Antonius Jacobus Heemskerk, Nieuwer Amstel
• Jan Willem van As, 's-Gravenhage († 1990)
• Gerard van Duijvenvoorde, Katwijk († 2012)
• Jan Gruijters, Helmond († 2021)
• Zwaneveld, Groningen († 1943)
• Aaltje Hermina Nijzink, Amersfooty
• Albert Haak, Emmer-Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)

• arie VINK (74), almkerk
• Adriana van Duin (57), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Griethuijsen (70), Buurmalsen
• Albertus van GRIETHUYSEN (70), Buurmalsen (Tricht)
• Agnes Goodman (64), Yorkshire, England
• Anna Augusta Joossens (12), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Ysacs Bijlsma (78), Deinum, gem. Menbaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerhardus Kolkman (47), Renkum
• Andries Ypes Kramer (58), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hol (71), Rotterdam

• 1941 » Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1942 » Kathleen Collins, African-American filmmaker and playwright († 1988)
• 1943 » Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1944 » Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel († 2012)
• 1944 » Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic
• 1944 » Frank McRae, American football player and actor
• 1945 » Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2009)
• 1945 » Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
• 1945 » Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
• 1945 » Susan Tyrrell, American actress († 2012)

• 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)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
• 1965 » Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)

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

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

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
• March 19 » Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
• March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
• April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
• August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
• December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

The temperature on March 18, 1943 was between 0.7 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.