About the day » Wednesday May 18, 1949Calender converter

• Geesje Schonewille, Nieuwlande, Drenthe, Nederland († 1949)
• Catharina Anna-Maria Edelbroek, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Kindje Kooistra, Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)
• Dirk Akkerboom, Harlingen, Nederland († 2014)
• Pieter Eugeen Antoon van Keeren, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Maria, Johanna, Elisabeth Hurx, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Mathilde Johanna Hessing, Gouda († 1996)
• Kind (dood geboren) van der Lans, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• (Stillborn) KOOISTRA († 1949)
• Alfred Donald Northrup, Monroeton Rd, Pennsylvania

• Anna Elisabeth Cramer (67), Ermelo
• Antonius Hubertus Janssen (54), Overloon,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Jan Visser (65), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje ter Beek (70), Ermelo
• Adrianus van het Hoofd (50), Wassenaar
• Ras (0)
• Aartje Lintner (84), Zaandam
• * Cornelia Francisca (Sientje) # van Dongen (85), Deurne
• Allan Snodgrass (88), aged 88 years, Dunedoo, NSW, AU
• Annie Doyle (77), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• 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)
• 1950 » Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter
• 1950 » Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach († 1997)

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

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

• 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)
• 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 9.9 million citizens.
• January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.

The temperature on May 18, 1949 was between 6.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.