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• Mary Ann VAN LOO († 2001)
• Eduardus Dominicus Maria Broersen, Arnhem († 1958)
• Irene Mouw, Garderen (Barneveld) († 2005)
• Elizabeth Maria (Liesbeth) Rikkers, Perth, WA, Australië
• Andries Jan Frederik van Veen, Amsterdam
• Johan Heinrich Poker, Onstwedde († 1975)
• Petronella van de Louw, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1958)
• Jeffrey Alan Meyer, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2019)
• Felicita Schouten, Soest († 2016)
• Wilhelmus Hermanus Maria Jenniskens, Vierlingsbeek († 1991)

• Anna Paulina Garzoni Gordon (81), Pretoria
• Bastiaan Lagendijk (77), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Klaas Tuinenburg (79), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Nikkels (88), Deventer
• Andries Wanningen (67), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen Nikkels (88), Deventer
• Arnolda Cornelia Bongers (68), Ravenstein
• Overhand (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur John Frederick Schneider (68), Johannesburg SA
• Antoon van Campen (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1955 » Bogusław Mamiński, Polish runner
• 1955 » Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician
• 1957 » Jonathan Cainer, English astrologer and author († 2016)
• 1958 » Geordie Walker, English guitarist
• 1958 » Julia Wolfe, American composer and educator
• 1960 » Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist and academic
• 1960 » Naoko Yamano, Japanese singer, guitarist and composer
• 1961 » Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1961 » Daniel S. Loeb, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Third Point Management
• 1961 » Leila Steinberg, American singer, producer, author, and poet

• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
• 1973 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Louis Untermeyer American poet, anthologist, critic (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Michio Nishizawa, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1921)

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. Hans

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.
• May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
• May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
• July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
• September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
• November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
• December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

The temperature on December 18, 1958 was between 3.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.