About the day » Friday July 18, 2003Calender converter

• Zoë Kuiper
• Stephen Joseph Turner, Hamilton

• Beekje Boertien (85), Almelo
• Clifton Ansel Jordon
• Annie Breed (78)
• Aafke Teijes van der Molen (84), grootegast
• Cornelia Lucia van Geel (72), Hoogerheide, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Clyde H. Evans (62), Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, United States of America
• Anne Knol (72)
• Andre Jerome VIENNE (69), Tourcoing, 59200, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
• Christina Josephine "Dena" Brucker (91), Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
• Cornelis Johannes Josephus de Hoon (77), Dongen

• 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

• 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)
• 2006 » Henry Hewes, American theater writer (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Jerry Hadley, American tenor (b. 1952)
• 2007 » Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
• 2009 » Henry Allingham, English soldier (b. 1896)

• 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.
• March 6 » Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
• March 17 » Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
• August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
• September 6 » Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
• December 17 » SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.

The temperature on July 18, 2003 was between 14.3 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.