About the day » Thursday May 18, 1961Calender converter

• Gisele HERINCKX, Tienen (B) († 1961)
• Josephus Gerardus Petronella Maria van Rooij, Mill en St. Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Donald Stetson Todd, Big Timber, Sweet Grass, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Kevin Lee Boerman († 1961)
• Scott Benton Warder, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• n.n. Spierenburg, Leiden
• Jacoba Gertruda Nefkens, Ewijk († 1987)
• Adrianus Bernardus Antonius (Andre) Mangelaars, bergen op Zoom († 2014)
• Hans Langenberg, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Nicole Timmermans, Tongeren († 2014)

• Cornelis van de Graaf (84), Vlijmen
• Hendrik Deuten (87), Hoogeveen
• Charles Elie de Bouvère (84), Djakarta, Jawa
• Adolph Henry Steffen (70), Stanley, Mountrail, North Dakota
• * Hilligje de Keijzer (72), Leerdam
• Dirk de Groot (84), Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• André Charles Valère CLYTI (66), Lille... Hauts de France
• Abraham Vreugdenhil (86), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alda PETERSON (55), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Barney C Marsh, Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1958 » Rubén Omar Romano, Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
• 1958 » Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1959 » Graham Dilley, English cricketer and coach († 2011)
• 1959 » Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Brent Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Yannick Noah, French tennis player
• 1961 » Russell Senior, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Sam Vincent, American basketball player and coach

• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
• 1968 » Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)
• 1974 » Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Yvonne
7. Catharina
8. Karin
9. Jacqueline
10. Wilhelmina
11. Ingrid
12. Adriana
13. Monique
14. Petronella
15. Marianne
16. Anita

• 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 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 11.6 million citizens.
• February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
• February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
• April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
• September 16 » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.

The temperature on May 18, 1961 was between 7.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.