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• Johanna Hendrika Lena van Zwol, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Johannes Antonius Marie Elise Josephus Deckers, Roggel († 2002)
• Gijsbert Jacobus van Heusden, Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Clarence Charles Hoffensperger, Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United († 1964)
• Jet Hoogveld († 1996)
• Jacques Lenson, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Jannes Bos, Drachten († 2020)
• Johny Spillebeen, Westrozebeke († 2017)
• Jan Hendrik Mulder, Diffelen, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 2020)
• Geertje Vredenborg, Het Haagje, Hoogeveen († 2016)

• Bartje Tabak (80), Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia (Corry) Kreugel (1), Maastricht
• Albert Johan Botter-Fik (41), Altenkirchen Duitsland
• Adriana Koops (68), Utrecht
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Eeden (43), 's-Gravenhage
• Carolus van der Vlugt (81), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Johan Botter Fik (41), Altenkirchen, Dld
• Anna Christina VAN MUSSCHER (64), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Celina Maria Justina Huygen (70), Antwerpen, België
• Bartholomeus Petrus Hendrikus Siero (44), Zwolle

• 1940 » Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1941 » Gino Brito, Canadian wrestler and promoter
• 1941 » Malcolm Longair, Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic
• 1941 » Miriam Margolyes, English-Australian actress and singer
• 1942 » Nobby Stiles, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1944 » Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1944 » W. G. Sebald, German novelist, essayist, and poet († 2001)
• 1946 » Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
• 1946 » Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author († 2013)
• 1946 » Reggie Jackson, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 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)
• 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)

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. Jacob
15. Gerardus
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.
• January 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
• March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
• May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
• May 16 » The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
• October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.
• November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

The temperature on May 18, 1943 was between 6.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.