About the day » Monday May 18, 1981Calender converter

• Frederik Coppens
• Yael Sara Kilzi, Katwijk († 1981)
• Jeff RENDERS, Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1981)

• Adriana van Schaik (87), zeist
• Dina Leijs (67), Wemeldinge, Nederland
• Clasina Sonneveld (70), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Clemente Theisges (74), Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Cornelia Poppe (75), Koudekerke, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Westdijk (85), Rotterdam
• Bessie Dobson (89), Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia
• Cornelia Maria Bekkers (81), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelis Jan Jacobus Stoorvogel (77), Voorburg
• Charles Earl Bruns (85), Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

• 1979 » Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft
• 1979 » Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 1979 » Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoeist
• 1980 » Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Michaël Llodra, French tennis player
• 1980 » Reggie Evans, American basketball player
• 1981 » Ashley Harrison, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 » Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer
• 1982 » Jason Brown, English footballer
• 1982 » Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player

• 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)
• 1987 » Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Dennis
13. Willem
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
7. Anna
8. Jessica
9. Wendy
10. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
12. Judith
13. Sarah
14. Sandra
15. Laura
16. Elisabeth

• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
• April 11 » A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
• May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
• June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
• June 27 » The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

The temperature on May 18, 1981 was between 4.9 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.