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• Judy Lynn Wilson, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America († 2019)
• Jeroen Vos, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Susan Diane Shook, Grinnell, Poweshick Co., Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Magrieta Winkels († 1967)
• robertus gerardus ida maria (rob) giesen, helden († 2011)
• Audri Lynn Witteveen, Ft.Knox († 1989)

• Arnoldus Cornelis van Berkel (73), Tilburg
• Antoon Johannes Marinus Bierman (49), Amsterdam
• Adriana Pieternella Bijbau (81), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Annigje van Middelkoop (81), Rotterdam
• Abraham Cornelis Sebastiaan van Heel (66), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Aloijsius Petrus van Wees (42), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Hoef (75), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Alida VAN DEN BURG (63)
• Antoon Janssen (85), \\
• Anna Gezina Stoffels (63), Giethoorn , Ov., Netherlands

• 1963 » Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey 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
• 1967 » Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver
• 1967 » Mimi Macpherson, Australian environmentalist, entrepreneur and celebrity
• 1967 » Nancy Juvonen, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Flower Films
• 1967 » Nina Björk, Swedish journalist and author
• 1968 » Philippe Benetton, French rugby player
• 1968 » Ralf Kelleners, German race car driver

• 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)
• 1980 » Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:

• 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
• January 12 » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
• March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
• May 15 » After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
• July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
• September 8 » The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
• December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.

The temperature on May 18, 1966 was between 10.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.