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• Cornelis Petrus Jacobus van Oudheusden, Budel († 2018)
• Theodorus Cornelis Wouterus Hooijdonk van, Ulvenhout († 1955)
• Cornelia M.Helena van der Lem, Wormerveer († 2023)
• Pamela I Vonk († 2004)
• Andrew Darwin Bush, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2019)
• Rudolf Veldhuis, Almelo († 1955)
• Richard Carl Heilmann († 1998)
• Ludo DONCKERS († 2010)
• Cornelis Maria Verkleij, Gouda († 1986)
• Cornelis M. Verkleij, Gouda († 1986)

• Cornelis SIBBEL (81)
• Andreas Zoutman (55), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Carolus Antonius Luyckx (53), Schilde
• Cornelis Petrus Gijsman (78), Waspik, Nederland
• Aaltje de Wit (40), Wassenaar {ZH}
• Arend Willem Schülte (46), Apeldoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert de RIEMAECKER (74), Oudenaarde,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Augusta Agnes Käller (67), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Cornelis Pieter van Loenen (74), Vlissingen
• Charles Benjamin Carson (77), St Andrew's Chyd, Howick, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand

• 1950 » Glenn Hughes, American disco singer and actor († 2001)
• 1950 » Jack Dongarra, American computer scientist and academic
• 1950 » Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
• 1950 » Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group
• 1951 » Elio Di Rupo, Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1951 » Margo Martindale, American actress
• 1954 » Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer
• 1955 » Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
• 1957 » Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 » Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster

• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

• 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.
• 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 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on July 18, 1955 was between 16.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 23.5 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.