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May 17, 1994Born on Wednesday May 18, 1994
- Andrea Huige († 1997)
Died on Wednesday May 18, 1994
- Elisa Johannes Gundelach (48)
- Bastiaan Glismeijer (74)
- Elizabeth HAEZAERT (90), OVERIJSE (3020) Vl.Brabant
- Chatarina-Maria Neef (75), Schoorl
- Elsina Afiena BEKS (81), Haren (NL/GR)
- Antonia Petronella Havermans (71), Breda
- Albert Joseph CASTELEYN (78), Tourcoing (FRA)
- Dirk Kroon (71), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham Jan Glerum (97), Ontario (Canada)
- Anje Schuitema (64), Zandeweer
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 18, 1994 at Delpher
Born on May 18
- 1988 » Taeyang, South Korean singer
- 1990 » Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
- 1990 » Josh Starling, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 » Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
- 1992 » Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model
- 1993 » Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
- 1993 » Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1998 » Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
- 1999 » Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
- 2000 » Ryan Sessegnon, English footballer
Died on May 18
- 1989 » Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)
- 1990 » Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
- 1995 » Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
- 1995 » Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)
- 1995 » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
- 1995 » Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
- 1998 » Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)
- 1999 » Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954)
- 1999 » Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)
- 2000 » Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1994
- 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.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- February 5 » Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
- February 22 » Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
- April 27 » South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
- October 31 » American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.
- December 3 » The PlayStation developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment was released in Japan
Weather May 18, 1994
The temperature on May 18, 1994 was between 6.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.