About the day » Sunday March 18, 2001Calender converter

• Aaltje Drenth (90)
• Arie Kroegman (80), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Spierenburg (82), Regina (Canada)
• Anna Jannigje van der Vlist (84)
• Aloisius Kegels (84), Terneuzen (NL)
• Annie PANIS (54), Beverst (Limburg) (B)
• Antoine Corneille de Grauw (80), Leiden, Nederland
• Aaltje Tjallings Bijma (84), Noordbergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Wopken (90), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Kats (95), Noordbergum Nederland

• 1989 » Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1989 » Lily Collins, English-American actress
• 1989 » Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
• 1991 » Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 » Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Ryan Truex, American race car driver
• 1992 » Takuya Terada, Japanese singer, actor, and model
• 1997 » Ciara Bravo, American actress
• 1997 » Rieko Ioane, New Zealand rugby union player

• 1996 » Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Eberhard Bethge, German theologian and academic (b. 1909)
• 2001 » John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
• 2002 » R. A. Lafferty, American soldier and author (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Adam Osborne, Thai-English engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer and cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2007 » Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1948)
• 2008 » Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (b. 1954)

• 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.
• February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
• April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
• May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
• August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
• December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
• December 22 » Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.

The temperature on March 18, 2001 was between 1.7 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 12.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.