About the day » Thursday May 18, 1972Calender converter

• "Roy" Pascal Maria Stroink, Oldenzaal
• Sara Jane Kuszak, San Jose, Santa Clara County, Californië, VS († 2009)

• Elisabeth Botter (86), Leeuwarden
• Anna Alida Bergsma (84), Dronrijp, gem. Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Kaercher Fenstermacher (84), Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.Pennsylvania
• Alfons Vervliet (74)
• Arend Jan van den Vlekkert (53), Gorssel,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Maria Prinsen (71), Utrecht
• Antoon Sangen (60), Kerkrade (L
• Denny Lazet (27), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, The Netherlands
• ALFONS HEIRWEG (71), SINT-GILLIS-WAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Christiaan Marinus Franswa (71), amsterdam, Nederland

• 1970 » Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1970 » Javier Cárdenas, Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
• 1970 » Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Brad Friedel, American international soccer player, goalkeeper, manager and sportscaster
• 1971 » Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
• 1971 » Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver
• 1972 » Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 » Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer († 2011)
• 1973 » Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach

• 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 » Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1980 » Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
• 1981 » Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1981 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Richard
3. Johannes
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Michael
9. Patrick
10. Ronald
11. Pieter
12. Hendrik
13. Marcel
14. Michel
15. Johan
16. David

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Saskia
7. Miranda
8. Elisabeth
9. Bianca
10. Patricia
11. Wendy
12. Ingrid
13. Jennifer
14. Nicole
15. Karin
16. Anna

• 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• September 15 » A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
• November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
• December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

The temperature on May 18, 1972 was between 5.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.