About the day » Saturday May 18, 1963Calender converter

• Sonia Graulus, Herk-de-Stad, België († 2006)
• Elsa Wiebes Rienstra, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Robert Henderick Hilhorst, Kingston († 2018)
• Michel DERYCKERE, Tournai, 57081, Hainaut, Belgique († 2003)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Kimenai, Dongen
• Araldo Di Munno Arruda, Brasil († 1963)
• Petra uit Beijerse, Delft († 1983)
• Ann Julia Josepha Billen, Sint-Truiden, België († 1997)
• Didericus Van der Haegen, Ninove († 2008)
• Suzanne Gray, Les Barons († 1970)

• Albert Fransen (82), Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Angela Janning (77), Adorf, Twist
• Cora Angie Livingston (80), Ramsey, Minnesota, U.S.A
• Alida Willebrorda Spruijt (90), Enkhuizen
• Ardina van Gerwen (76), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje (Alice) Alberts van der Jagt (Vander Yacht) (91), Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Veenstra (78), Wonseradeel
• Christiaan Pluijgers (79), Rijssen
• Charles Hippolyte DOSQUET (74), Meaux, 77, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, FRANCE
• Bertha Armstrong (89)

• 1959 » Graham Dilley, English cricketer and coach († 2011)
• 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
• 1966 » Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1966 » Renata Nielsen, Polish-Danish long jumper 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)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
• March 5 » American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
• April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
• June 16 » In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
• November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
• December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.

The temperature on May 18, 1963 was between 3.4 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.