About the day » Tuesday May 18, 1948Calender converter

• Lois Ann Oeding († 2016)
• Marjan Vromans, Goirle († 1995)
• Jentje Soer, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Josephus Wilhelmus Christiaan Heessels, Sint Michielsgestel
• René André COJEAN, Morlaix, 29151, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1999)
• Martinus Johannes Maria Kersten, Oude-Tonge, South-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Johanna Euphemia Blankenvoort, Manderveen († 2005)
• catharina josephina maria geurts, helden
• Marcel Albert Marie-Louise De bruyn, Bornem († 1976)
• Jeanne Ann Diercks, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1976)

• Antonius Jacobus FLORIE (81), Vianen
• Apolonia BOS (88), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida Maria Aalst (39), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Vissers (78), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• BARTJE Batenburg (84), DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobus Florie (81), Vianen, Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Bal (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Raymann (72), Nijmegen
• Aafje de Jong (82), Schoonhoven
• Albertus Raijman (72), Nijmegen

• 1946 » Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
• 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 » Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist and academic
• 1948 » Tom Udall, American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General, United States Senator from New Mexico
• 1948 » Yi Mun-yol, South Korean author and academic
• 1949 » Rick Wakeman, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (Yes)
• 1949 » Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer and pastor († 2010)

• 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)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)

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

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

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
• February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
• September 14 » The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
• December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on May 18, 1948 was between 10.3 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.