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• emma marga bathseba daphne Rijnenberg, groningen

• Berend Gelijk (70), Ter-Apel Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Clara Klimstra (88), Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Bartholomeus van der puijl (78), San Marcoos Calif 92069 US
• Albert William Kirk (88), Benkelman, Cheyenne Co. Kansas
• Bernadina Maria Margaretha Slabbers
• Cornelia van Alphen (75)
• Cor van Weert (83)
• Adriana Catharina Maria KRENS (78), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Gelijk (70), Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland
• Dina van den Ende (68), Rotterdam

• 1986 » Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Robert DeLong, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Cristian Tănase, Romanian footballer
• 1988 » Changmin, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1990 » Cody Hodgson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Didi Gregorius, Dutch baseball player
• 1991 » Henry Surtees, English race car driver († 2009)
• 1991 » Sebastian Neumann, German footballer
• 1994 » J-Hope, South Korean rapper, dancer, singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Jake Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player

• 1998 » Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Dale Earnhardt, American stock car racer and team owner (b. 1951)
• 2001 » Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Isser Harel, Belarusian-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Bill Cowsill, American singer and guitarist (b. 1948)
• 2008 » Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Miika Tenkula, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1974)
• 2009 » Tayeb Salih, Sudanese journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2010 » John Babcock, Canadian soldier (b. 1900)

• 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 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 16.3 million citizens.
• February 2 » Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
• April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
• May 1 » Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
• May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
• September 30 » The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat itself is retired.
• December 8 » The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

The temperature on February 18, 2004 was between 2.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.