About the day » Thursday October 18, 2001Calender converter

• Dillon Anthony RALPH, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia († 2001)
• B. van Gog, Purmerend
• Nadine Jade Maria van de SANDE

• Adriaantje Hendrika Huisman (75)
• Aagje Spaargaren (80), Amersfoort
• Brian David Riewald (29), Gainesville Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Dillon Anthony RALPH (0), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Arie Bol (77), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Adriana Maria Coret (80), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Laak (91)
• Ali Stolp (78)
• Caroline
• Aloijsius Antonius Riswick (89)

• 1989 » Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
• 1989 » Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
• 1990 » Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
• 1990 » Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player
• 1990 » Drew Crawford, American basketball player
• 1991 » Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
• 1992 » John John Florence, American professional surfer
• 1993 » Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer
• 1994 » Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver

• 2000 » Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Bill King, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
• 2007 » Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938)

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

1. Emma
2. Britt
3. Femke
4. Julia
5. Ilse
6. Sophie
7. Sanne
8. Amber
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.
• 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 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
• September 11 » The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
• December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
• December 22 » Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
• December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

The temperature on October 18, 2001 was between 12.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.