About the day » Friday May 18, 1945Calender converter

• Ans Mors († 1991)
• Anna Aafje Mors, Limmen († 1991)
• Diderika Dorothea Hop, Velsen († 2016)
• Cornelis Johannes Stijsiger, Lopik, Provincie Utrecht († 1989)
• Jacques Pierre BINET, Annonay,07100,Ardèche,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 2015)
• Gisela Schermer, Neuenburg, Friesland, Niedersachsen, Germany († 1996)
• Geurtje van Lagen, Uddel († 1945)
• Henricus Petrus van Gerven, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Engbert van der Vaart († 1990)
• johanna hendrika louisa (annie) daniels, maasbree († 1999)

• Andreas Cornelis Swartilé (7)
• Adriana Catharina Joosten (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Beljaers (65), Winschoten
• Aaltje van de Schootbrugge (2), Nunspeet
• (77), Bodegraven, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Alexander Zwijgers (78), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antjo (Anna) Waardenburg (51), Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Vreugdenhil (75), De Lier
• Ada Ann Robards Watkins [K 78] (81), Henderson County, Kentucky
• Adriana Beljaars (65), ,, Finsterwolde, Nederland

• 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
• 1947 » Gail Strickland, American actress
• 1947 » John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1948 » Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer
• 1948 » Yi Mun-yol, South Korean author and academic

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• February 21 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USSBismarck Sea and damage the USSSaratoga.
• May 5 » World War II: Dönitz gives Löhr permission to seek an armistice with the Western Allies to preserve a communist free Austria and recognising first, from a German standpoint, the separation of Austria from Germany undoing the Anschluss.
• July 16 » Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
• September 8 » The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
• September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
• October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.

The temperature on May 18, 1945 was between 9.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.