About the day » Wednesday January 18, 1956Calender converter

• Larry Robledo Hernandez, Santa Clara County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Jack Theo Teerenstra, Den Helder († 2004)
• Richard Sexton, Sr., GA, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Adriaan Bouman († 2022)
• Ingrid Bracke, Gent († 2011)
• Steven Richard Kolkema († 2005)
• Leonardus Petrus van de Garde, Gilze en Rijen († 1956)
• Hauktje Hoekstra, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 2000)
• Allan Lyle, Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Johannes Kortekaas, Den Helder († 2009)

• Augustinus LAMBRECHTS (83), Leopoldsburg,, Limburg, België
• Antje van Wijk (87), Odoorn
• August HOLTHAUSEN (40)
• Aaltje de Haan (58), 's-Gravenhage, ZUI, Nederland
• Adrianus Janssens (77), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Aeiltina Polter (76), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• * Maria Helena Frederika Abel (86), Rotterdam
• Altinus Bergsma (66), Wieringen
• Cecil Lubbock (83)
• Adriana Cornelia Manasse (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1951 » Bob Latchford, English footballer
• 1951 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and activist († 1982)
• 1952 » Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
• 1952 » R. Stevie Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor
• 1955 » Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician
• 1960 » Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright
• 1961 » Peter Beardsley, English footballer and manager

• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)
• 1966 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Yvonne
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Marianne
15. Patricia
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
• January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
• November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
• November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.
• November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The average temperature on January 18, 1956 was 2.7 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.