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• Bert Goossens

• Bartel Simon Hanse (83)
• Catharina Maria Zonneveld (99)
• Charles Edgar Vencill (104), Williams, Josephine, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Louise Todd **** (62), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Bijkerk (98), Capelle aan den IJssel
• Christina Cornelia Stolk (89), Rotterdam Z.H
• Berend van der Molen (83), -
• * Christina Cornelia Stolk (89), Rotterdam
• Christina Cornelia Stolk (89), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Diermen (87)

• 1985 » Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
• 1985 » Jos van Emden, Dutch cyclist
• 1985 » Lee Boyd Malvo, Jamaican-American murderer
• 1986 » Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Robert DeLong, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Cristian Tănase, Romanian footballer
• 1988 » Changmin, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1990 » Cody Hodgson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Didi Gregorius, Dutch baseball player
• 1991 » Sebastian Neumann, German footballer

• 1978 » Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
• 1989 » Mildred Burke, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958)
• 1993 » Jacqueline Hill, English actress (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b. 1959)
• 1995 » Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (b. 1961)
• 1997 » Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
• 1998 » Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)

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. Nick
16. Pieter

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Sarah
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.
• March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
• May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
• May 29 » The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
• July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
• November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
• November 22 » In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.

The temperature on February 18, 1988 was between 4.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.