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• Nico Damen, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1976)
• N.n. Romkes, Kampen († 1958)
• Johan Hielkes Sikkes, Tjerkgaast (F)
• Eliane VANDERSCHELDEN, Nieuwpoort, 38016, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 2022)
• hendrika dorothea josephina (riek) heijnen, helden-panningen
• G.A.B. van Engelenburg († 1987)
• Gerard, Antoon van Engelenburg, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Cornelis Marinus van den Berg, Heerjansdam, Nederland († 2008)
• Annelies Lugtmeijer, Steenwijkerwold († 2014)
• Wim Franssen, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 2007)

• Arie Schaap (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Van der Bent (72), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anke Folkerts Jongsma (62), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina van Glansbeek (68), Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Mourik (40), Rutten
• Catharina Hendrina Nielen (73), Leuth
• Arie SCHAAP (90), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Anna Maria Knikkink (58), Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Charles Joseph August DE JONGHE (81), Aardenburg
• Cornelia Wouterina van der Hoef(f) (74), Culemborg, Nederland

• 1957 » Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1957 » Jon Lindstrom, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Letitia James, American lawyer, activist and politician
• 1958 » Megumi Ishii, Japanese actress and politician
• 1958 » Thomas Hearns, American boxer
• 1959 » John Nord, American wrestler
• 1959 » Kirby Chambliss, American pilot
• 1959 » Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, former President of El Salvador
• 1959 » Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian-American director and screenwriter

• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
• 1966 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)
• 1973 » Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
• March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
• April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
• October 2 » Guinea declares its independence from France.
• October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.

The temperature on October 18, 1958 was between 5.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.