About the day » Friday May 18, 2001Calender converter

• Lukas van der SMISSEN, Jette, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2002)
• Hubert Sommers, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Johan Herman (Kevin) Tabak († 2001)

• Coenradus Wilhelmus Emmanuel Jacobus van Riel (79), Adelaide Australie
• Aaltje Goes (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Allen Lighty (72), Sacramento County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Geertje Rook (96), Steenwijk
• Cornelis de Vries (79)
• Geertje Anthonies Rook (96)
• Flora Louisa Swain Evans [iWdDi] "Lou" (77), Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
• Alida Bromet (90), Leiden, Nederland
• Alida Post (85)
• Anne Hyltjes Hilverda (92), Joure, Skarsterlân, Fryslân, Nederland

• 1990 » Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
• 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
• 2000 » Steven Sessegnon, English footballer
• 2002 » Alina Zagitova, Russian figure skater

• 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)
• 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)
• 2001 » Irene Hunt, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Jaan Eilart, Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (b. 1933)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Robin
4. Jan
5. Daan
6. Lars
7. Max
8. Bram
9. Tim
10. Ruben
11. Jasper
12. Thijs
13. Jacob
14. Niels
15. Sander
16. Stijn

1. Emma
2. Britt
3. Femke
4. Julia
5. Sophie
6. Ilse
7. Amber
8. Sanne
9. Anna
10. Laura
11. Lisa
12. Fleur
13. Charlotte
14. Anne
15. Maria
16. Anastasia

• 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
• April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
• June 21 » A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
• July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
• September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
• November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
• November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.

The temperature on May 18, 2001 was between 10.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.