About the day » Thursday May 18, 1950Calender converter

• Roger Vandael, Retie (België) († 2008)
• Steven Eugene Moore, Lenawee County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Gilbert DEVRIESE, Brugge († 1999)
• Kees Vriends († 2004)
• Betty Faye Bozeman († 1950)
• Maria Catharina Wilhelmina Wullms, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1962)
• Ultra Violet Ray Villenuve, Matsqui, British Columbia, Canada († 1980)
• Maria Catharina Kollmer, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Hendrik Westerink, Nunspeet († 1990)
• Nn Zaalberg, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Elsje Das (75), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arthur James BERWICK (48), St Mary's, Tasmania, Australia
• Emily May STEWART (66)
• Anna Maria Cobussen (77), Amsterdam
• Antonius Adrianus Verhoeven (50), Boxtel, NB Netherlands
• Arie Roos (74), Scheveningen
• Cornelia Maria Helena Puls (81), Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catharina Johanna Driessen (75), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Cornelis de Mol (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Cornelia Martijn (69), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1948 » Joe Bonsall, American country/gospel singer
• 1948 » Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist and academic
• 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)
• 1951 » Angela Voigt, German long jumper († 2013)
• 1951 » Jim Sundberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1951 » Richard Clapton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 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. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Robert
7. Gerrit
8. Pieter
9. Peter
10. Dirk
11. Petrus
12. Jacob
13. Jacobus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Adrianus
16. John

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

• 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 10.0 million citizens.
• January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• January 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
• March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
• November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
• December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

The temperature on May 18, 1950 was between 5.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.