About the day » Saturday April 18, 1959Calender converter

• Cornelis Marinus Meijvogel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Berendina Hendrika van Putten, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Marc de Lannoy, Ixelles, 21009, Belgique († 2008)
• Nelly Thiesen, Egchel († 1960)
• Maria van der Poel, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• OG van Beelen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Dieter Weihert, Verl, Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1980)
• Mary Lin MURPHY, Provo,Utah,Utah,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE († 1960)
• Berendina Hendrika van Putten, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Jan Pullen, Hardenberg († 1959)

• adrianus REEDIJK (76), rotterdam
• Anna Vermaas (82), Maastricht, Gemeente Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Spaendonk (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis van den Heuvel (48), Breda
• Abraham Kanes Italianer (67), Amsterdam
• Annegje Wapstra (91), Blesdijke, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Berendina Jansen (73), ommen
• Arie Rietveld (79), 's-gravenhage (zuid holland)
• Annegje Wapstra (91), Weststellingwerf, Blesdijke
• Abraham van Hal (70), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 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 » Jane Leeves, English actress and dancer
• 1961 » John Podhoretz, American journalist and author
• 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)

• 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
• January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
• February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
• March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.

The temperature on April 18, 1959 was between 6.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.