About the day » Wednesday August 18, 1993Calender converter

• OLivier Willem FRanciscus van LIESHOUT
• Eileen Verdonck, Anderlecht, België

• Bertha Lang (100), Verona, Dane, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Arnold Waldren Clement (61)
• Bernard Muller (71), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Roy Van Der Werff (81), Lynden, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Sturtewagen (80), Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Benny L. W. Bienkens (32), Itterbeek, België
• Betty Jo Neal (70)
• Allegonda Antonis (73), Hoensbroek
• Arie Lambertus (Aat) Dijkshoorn (62)
• Clarence Edward Rippentrop (73), Lester, Lyon County, Iowa

• 1988 » Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1988 » G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1988 » Jack Hobbs, English footballer
• 1992 » Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
• 1992 » Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
• 1993 » Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
• 1994 » Morgan Sanson, French footballer
• 1995 » Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
• 1997 » Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer

• 1981 » Anita Loos, American author and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (b. 1902)
• 1990 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (b. 1948)
• 2001 » David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
• 2002 » Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Tony Jackson, English singer and bassist (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)

1. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Dennis
10. Sander
11. Johannes
12. Mark
13. Jacob
14. Rick
15. Hendrik
16. Ruben

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Melissa
7. Anna
8. Anne
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Jessica
13. Sarah
14. Michelle
15. Kelly
16. Amanda

• 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
• January 13 » Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
• March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
• April 22 » Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.
• July 29 » The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
• September 24 » The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
• December 7 » Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.

The temperature on August 18, 1993 was between 9.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.