About the day » Tuesday April 18, 1944Calender converter

• Johanna Agatha de Boer, Leiden († 2012)
• Beth Mary SINGLINE, St Mary's, Tasmania, Australia († 2008)
• Jantje (Jannie) Talen, Vriezenveen († 2010)
• Gijsbertus Willem Mijs, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2007)
• Gijsbertha den Hartog († 2023)
• Jan Keizer († 2007)
• Georgette Hayen, Alken, België († 2021)
• Johanna Hendrika van der Steege († 1945)
• Jacobus Johannes van Maren, Amersfoort († 2008)
• Franco Monego († 2005)

• Berend Post (39), Heerenveen (39jr)
• Adriaan Janse (84), Oudenbosch
• Albert Bakker (69)
• Bastiana Catharina Steffen (47), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mertens (75), Heerlen
• Alphonsus Hubertus Bonneu (58), Rullingen, België
• Aaltje Adriana van der Vliet (69), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbe Maria Baur (54)
• Benjamin Vermeer (34), Fort Hood, Bell County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Sophia Vink (70), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic
• 1942 » Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
• 1942 » Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, English academic and politician
• 1944 » Kathy Acker, American author and poet († 1997)
• 1944 » Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer
• 1944 » Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent and double agent
• 1945 » Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1945 » Richard Bausch, American novelist and short story writer
• 1945 » Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer

• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)

• 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 7 » World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
• June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
• July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
• July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
• October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The temperature on April 18, 1944 was between 2.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.