About the day » Wednesday March 18, 1953Calender converter

• Dennis Duane Truax, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa († 1979)
• Johannes W.J. van Zanten, Geldermalsen († 1975)
• Anna Margaretha Sulman, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)
• Eddy Ploeger († 1963)
• Helmer Koetje, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Theodora Josephina Stroeve († 2005)
• Hubertus Anthony Duivenvoorden, Jacquet-River, Canada († 1976)
• Doodgeboren kind Piggen, Oisterwijk († 1953)
• PETER JEROME SCHMITT, Athens, Athens, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Jacobus Josephus Broeders, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1953)

• Albert Arends Wuring (87)
• Arie van der Zouwen (65), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bernardus Casparus Gerardus Kleinekoort (69), Schiedam
• Anania Gijsen (83), Leeuwarden, Fieisland
• Bernardus (Nadus) Jonkers (53), Arnhem
• Aaltje Jans Hemmes (71), Oudehaske, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• carel christiaan van nahuijs (84), winterswijk
• Boudewijn Antonie Nout, (75), Maurik
• Aaltje Jans Hemmes (71), Oudehaske
• Albert Willem Matser (90)

• 1951 » Ben Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben and Jerry's
• 1951 » Bill Frisell, American guitarist and composer
• 1951 » Paul Barber, English actor
• 1951 » Timothy N. Philpot, American lawyer, author, and judge
• 1952 » Bernie Tormé, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2019)
• 1952 » Mike Webster, American football player († 2002)
• 1952 » Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer († 2015)
• 1952 » Will Durst, American journalist and actor
• 1953 » Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator († 2015)
• 1953 » Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer

• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
• 1965 » Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)
• 1973 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)

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

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

• 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
• September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
• October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
• November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
• December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

The temperature on March 18, 1953 was between 1.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.