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• Freda Veronica Walters, Canal Zone, Panama († 2015)
• David Rehorst, Apeldoorn († 1995)
• Glenda Ruth van Berkum, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1961)
• Alma J Poel, Corona, Roberts County, South Dakota († 2014)
• Dymphna Kammeijer, Hilversum († 1943)
• Jannetje Slotboom, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 2014)
• Johannes Gerhardus Maria (Jan) Oude Nijhuis, Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Frederik Zikken, Exloo, Nederland († 1995)
• Alida (Alie) Henderika Chrysantha Bruining, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 2012)
• A.M.M. (Mieke) van Lit († 2002)

• Arend de Lange (78), Zuidwolde
• Betty Lewin (23), Auschwitz Extermination Site
• Bartholomeus Kret (35), Leiden
• Alida DeSutter (59), Swan Lake, Manitoba
• Adriaan van de Ven (74), Oisterwijk
• Bauke de Vries (76), Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Solleveld (56), Apeldoorn
• Charles SALTMARSH (79), Longford, Tasmania, Australia
• Bartholomeus Kret (35), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Sophia Smith (79), Whitemore, Tasmania, Australia

• 1942 » Carl Radle, American bass player and producer († 1980)
• 1942 » John Bellany, Scottish painter and academic († 2013)
• 1942 » Nick Tate, Australian actor and director
• 1942 » Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator
• 1942 » Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Richard Perry, American record producer
• 1942 » Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1942 » Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa
• 1943 » Barry Evans, English actor († 1997)
• 1943 » Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress

• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)

• 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.
• April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
• July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
• July 24 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
• August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
• September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
• September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.

The temperature on June 18, 1943 was between 5.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.