About the day » Friday May 18, 1962Calender converter

• Wilhelmus Martinus van den Boom, Helmond
• Patricia Sylvie Nadia van Halderen, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Doodgeboren kind de Vaan, Vlijmen († 1962)
• Kurt VANDEVELDE, Wevelgem († 2022)
• Evert Jan Tessemaker († 1964)
• Lammert Lasker, Emmen († 2013)
• N.n. Bakkum, Alkmaar († 1962)
• Thea ten Have († 1996)
• NN Haverdings, Haren († 1962)
• Auguste Helene Catharina Eker († 1977)

• Allie K McDuffie (77), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje de Boer (75), Volendam
• Alexander Jacobus Arnoldus van Arnhem (74)
• Bertha Strootman (75), Chicago, Cook County,Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander S. Kittrell [[K 02 3DIBioFgmcLorenzoTXBu]]6 "Alex" (73), Lubbock County, Texas
• Catharina Verhappen (71), Geldrop
• Cornelia Neeltje van Houwelingen (43), Dordrecht
• Cornelia Neeltje van Houwelingen (43), Dordrecht
• Aalt Buijtenhuis (94), Nijkerk
• Anthonie Provoost (79), Domburg

• 1958 » Rubén Omar Romano, Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
• 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
• 1964 » Ignasi Guardans, Spanish academic and politician

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
5. Anna
6. Yvonne
7. Jolanda
8. Catharina
9. Wilhelmina
10. Ingrid
11. Karin
12. Monique
13. Hendrika
14. Jacqueline
15. Petronella
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 11.7 million citizens.
• March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
• July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
• July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
• August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
• September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
• September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.

The temperature on May 18, 1962 was between 6.6 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.