About the day » Wednesday September 18, 1996Calender converter

• Elvira van Schaik

• BETTY Virginia CADY (69), Holly, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America
• Bernardina Scheven (101), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacoba Floor (93)
• Cornelia Clasina van Dijk (80), Oud Ade
• Cornelis Johannes van den Bijgaart (81), Haaren
• Achilles Eduard Lodewijk MAES (87), Beveren-Waas, België
• Catharina Geertruida Hoorn, van (80), Winsum
• Andreas Wilhelm Albert Vietje, Schiedam
• Dorcas Clewis (96), Shallotte,Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Adrianus Nicolaas Van Dop (82), Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

• 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
• 1995 » Max Meyer, German footballer
• 1998 » Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
• 2003 » Ana Galindo, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 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)
• 2002 » Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
• 2002 » Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
• 2002 » Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)

1. Pieter
2. Thomas
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Robin
8. Michael
9. Jeroen
10. Johannes
11. Rick
12. Jasper
13. Mike
14. Hendrik
15. Max
16. Bart

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Emma
6. Kim
7. Lotte
8. Iris
9. Charlotte
10. Anne
11. Sarah
12. Amber
13. Julia
14. Sanne
15. Naomi
16. Maria

• 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, 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 15.5 million citizens.
• January 19 » The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
• February 6 » Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
• April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
• May 20 » Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
• September 24 » Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
• December 30 » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

The temperature on September 18, 1996 was between 8.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.