About the day » Friday March 18, 2005Calender converter

• Kramer (82), Enschede
• Barbara Jean (raynore)[moser] Dodd (61), Brooksville Florida
• Anna Mattheusdr. de Vries (73), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Adrianus van Weverwijk (90), Leerdam
• Clemens Heinrich Carl Hubertus Maria von Kageneck (91), Bad Homburg
• Anita Borst (44)
• Angie Lafern Bodden Hinds, Gretna, La., Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus van Weverwijk (90)
• "Clemens Heinrich" Carl Hubertus Maria von Kageneck (91), Bad Homburg, Allemagne
• Arie van Mourik (76)

• 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

• 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)
• 2009 » Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (b. 1963)
• 2009 » Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian journalist and blogger (b. 1980)

• 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 8 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.
• February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
• March 3 » James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
• April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
• May 21 » The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
• July 4 » The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.

The temperature on March 18, 2005 was between 7.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.