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Born on Friday February 18, 2005
Died on Friday February 18, 2005



Born on February 18

Died on February 18
  • 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)

Names that were popular for boys in 2005
  1. Thomas
  2. Tom
  3. Daan
  4. Thijs
  5. Lucas
  6. Bas
  7. Milan
  8. Daniel
  9. Tim
  10. Ian
  11. Lars
  12. Alexander
  13. Sem
  14. Bram
  15. Niels
  16. Max
Names that were popular for girls in 2005
  1. Emma
  2. Alexia
  3. Anna
  4. Sophie
  5. Floor
  6. Julia
  7. Fleur
  8. Kierstin
  9. Iris
  10. Isa
  11. Lisa
  12. Nienke
  13. Eva
  14. Femke
  15. Anouk
  16. Felicia

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2005
  • 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 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
  • April 14 » The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
  • August 19 » The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
  • August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
  • October 15 » A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested.
  • December 3 » XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
Weather February 18, 2005

The temperature on February 18, 2005 was between 0.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI