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• Liza Michella Sophia Vellekoop

• Cona Lena Meijers (87), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Hermanus IJlstra (81), Arnhem, Nederland
• Durkje van den Kommer (90), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria den BESTEN (96), Maassluis
• Cornelia van Duijn (90), Katwijk
• Aaltje Ottens (69), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Joseph Hubertus Hanssen (81), Geleen
• Adriana van Gulik (82), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina COSEMANS (83), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Darlene Bobbie LOVELL (57)

• 1982 » Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1982 » Leono, Mexican wrestler
• 1983 » Giulio Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 » Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
• 1984 » Anthony Gonzalez, American football player and politician
• 1984 » Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician
• 1989 » Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
• 1990 » Lewis Holtby, German footballer
• 1992 » Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player

• 1974 » Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
• 1987 » Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)
• 1992 » Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905)
• 1997 » Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
• 2001 » Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Michael
5. Kevin
6. Robert
7. Mark
8. Johannes
9. Tim
10. Frank
11. Patrick
12. Dennis
13. Bart
14. Daniel
15. Pieter
16. Nick

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Sarah
6. Anne
7. Johanna
8. Sandra
9. Sanne
10. Samantha
11. Anna
12. Kim
13. Stephanie
14. Nicole
15. Esther
16. Chantal

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
• January 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
• March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
• March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
• March 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
• September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.

The temperature on September 18, 1988 was between 12.5 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.