About the day » Friday July 18, 1997Calender converter

• Mike,Johannes Albertus. van Heumen., Nijmegen
• Stefan Koenhorst, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Laura Koenhorst, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Tiemen Visser († 1997)

• Cornelis Johannes van Lier (64), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Colin James QUILL (73)
• Albert Keissen (80)
• C.J. Freeke (86), Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bert McGinnis (84), USA
• Anton Cornelis Kortlever (77), Nijmegen
• Fred Stidham (46)
• Christina Geertruida Segaar (64), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia J KOOIMAN (87), Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon-Buried Ripon, San Joaquin, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arie KOOL (76), Dordrecht

• 1988 » Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer
• 1989 » Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer
• 1989 » Yohan Mollo, French footballer
• 1993 » Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor
• 1993 » Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer
• 1996 » Smriti Mandhana, Indian cricketer
• 1997 » Noah Lyles, American sprinter
• 2001 » Agustina Roth, Argentine BMX rider

• 1989 » Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
• 1989 » Rebecca Schaeffer, American model and actress (b. 1967)
• 1990 » Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (b. 1897)
• 2001 » Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 2002 » Metin Toker, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Émile Peynaud, French wine maker (b. 1912)
• 2004 » André Castelot, Belgian-French historian and author (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Amy Gillett, Australian cyclist and rower (b. 1976)
• 2005 » William Westmoreland, American general (b. 1914)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Bas
8. Tim
9. Johannes
10. Daan
11. Robin
12. Max
13. Ruben
14. Nick
15. Jasper
16. David

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Amber
4. Anna
5. Sanne
6. Lisa
7. Lotte
8. Celine
9. Michelle
10. Demi
11. Eline
12. Naomi
13. Iris
14. Kim
15. Femke
16. Charlotte

• 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 15.6 million citizens.
• January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
• April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
• April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
• June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
• July 20 » The fully restored USSConstitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.

The temperature on July 18, 1997 was between 12.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 20.3 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.