About the day » Monday March 18, 1957Calender converter

• Heinrich Schröer († 2001)
• Cornelis Petrus Jacobus Hoogervorst, Ter Aar († 2004)
• Cornelis Hoogervorst, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 2004)
• N.n. de Boer, Kampen († 1957)
• NN Kieft, Alkmaar († 1957)
• Lieuwe Cornelis Blanksma († 2009)
• Appie Stevens, Beilen († 1978)
• William Owen Kuffel, Landstuhl, Federal Republic of Germany († 2002)
• Kieft, Alkmaar († 1957)
• Evadne Joanne Trox, New York

• Aaltje Hazeleger (74), Rhenen
• Bertha Emilie Johanne Luise Müller (71), Drübeck (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt)
• Barend van OLST (67), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Aafke VAN DER LAAN, Slochteren Groningen Netherlands
• Bauke (thijsses) Reitsma (77), Tirns
• Carolina Dahmer (84), Sittard
• Antje Blok (63), Alkmaar
• Adriana Elisabeth van Egmond (77), 's Gravenhage
• Aloijsius Joseph EVERS (58), Enschede
• Anna, Maria, Bernardina Daudt (79), Amsterdam (noord-holland)

• 1955 » Francis G. Slay, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis
• 1955 » Jeff Stelling, English journalist and game show host
• 1956 » Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam († 2008)
• 1956 » Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
• 1956 » Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler
• 1957 » Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut
• 1958 » Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author († 1990)
• 1959 » Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
• 1960 » Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Richard Biggs, American actor († 2004)

• 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)
• 1977 » Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)

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

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

• 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

The temperature on March 18, 1957 was between 7.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.