About the day » Monday April 18, 1955Calender converter

• Amschel Mayer James ben Victor Rothschild († 1996)
• Pieter Maarten van den Oever, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Thomas Scott Floyd († 2010)
• Roy Marinus Kruithof († 2009)
• Gerritdina Annie Gerda Jonker, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 2006)
• Sergio Galvan, Sanderson, Terrell, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Lauwereijs, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Michel William Fuller, Tacoma, Pierce Country, Washington († 1993)
• Antonius Johannes Maria Lugtenberg, Zwolle († 2014)
• N.N. Andreae, Amersfoort († 1955)

• Berend Jan Hannink (86), Hengelo
• Casper Pina (88), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allie Mae Burton (78), Raleigh, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• antonius johannes smit (76), haarlem
• (88), Ermelo, Nederland
• Berend Vos (70), Hoogeveen
• Antje van der Meulen (80), Drachten
• Antonia de Ridder (92), Utrecht
• Abraham WESTBROEK (66), Sint Philipsland
• Anna Elisabeth Martens (81), Hoepertingen, België

• 1951 » Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1951 » Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer and coach
• 1953 » Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
• 1954 » Robert Greenberg, American pianist and composer
• 1956 » Chris Jones, English footballer
• 1956 » Eric Roberts, American actor
• 1957 » Ian Campbell, Australian jumper
• 1958 » Gabi Delgado-López, Spanish-German singer, co-founder of D.A.F.
• 1958 » Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach († 1999)
• 1959 » Susan Faludi, American journalist and author

• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)

• 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 10.7 million citizens.
• February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.

The temperature on April 18, 1955 was between 2.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.