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• Kevin Christiaan Schaap, Den Helder
• millie van den beuken, venlo (ziekenhuis)

• Anna Gesina Schlimback (90), Kopstukken, Groningen, Netherlands
• DE NIJS (70), Sint Niklaas
• Applonia Clara Maria Vermeij (92), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje van den Berg (96)
• Edwin John van Dongen (86), Fillmore, Ventura, Californie, V.S
• Berendina Nienhuis (79), Roden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Corvers (90), Borne
• Bernardina Laura Leusen (70), Dordrecht
• Cornelia Johanna Vreugde (83), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clarice Warf (63)

• 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

• 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)
• 2007 » Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (b. 1911)
• 2008 » Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (b. 1942)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Lars
7. Sem
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Tom
14. Martijn
15. Bram
16. Johannes

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
11. Julia
12. Femke
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Amber

• 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
• January 18 » A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
• February 15 » Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
• June 10 » The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
• August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
• August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
• October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.

The temperature on May 18, 2003 was between 11.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.