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• Martin Johan van der Linde († 1983)
• Margaretha Elisabeth Cornelia Smit, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Mirjam Aafke de Boer, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)
• Jannig Kras († 2001)
• Martin Johan van der Linde († 1983)
• Jeannet Miskotte, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1960)
• Joke Margaretha Ouwehand, Katwijk († 1998)
• N.N. Broekema, Dokkum († 1958)
• Cindy Kaye GINES, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Martin J. van der Linde († 1983)

• Arnoldus Giepmans (68), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Arend Arends (82)
• Allegonda Maria Kooijmans (88), Stratum, Eindhoven, NL
• Bernard Herman Croon (51), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Michielsen (82), Terneuzen, Zeeland, NL
• Arsenius Josephus Maria Vercauteren (56), Sint-Niklaas
• Alice DENTZ (79), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Alberts Hoek (87), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Boogers (81), Tilburg
• Camiel Alfons Demeyer (75), Sluis

• 1956 » Chris Jones, English footballer
• 1956 » Eric Roberts, American actor
• 1957 » Ian Campbell, Australian jumper
• 1958 » Gabi Delgado-López, Spanish-German singer, co-founder of D.A.F.
• 1958 » Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach († 1999)
• 1959 » Frank Mulholland, Lord Mulholland, Scottish judge, former Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate
• 1959 » Susan Faludi, American journalist and author
• 1960 » John Chiedozie, Nigerian international footballer
• 1960 » Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Ukrainian runner
• 1961 » Kelly Hansen, American singer-songwriter

• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)

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.
• January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
• February 28 » A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
• March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
• March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
• July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
• 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 April 18, 1958 was between 4.2 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.