About the day » Wednesday February 18, 2009Calender converter

• Andreas Johannes (Hans) Schilder (70)
• Adriaan Johannes van der Werff (75)
• Berend Kievits (84), Hengelo,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alberta Goedhart (86)
• Anne-Marie de Meester de Heydonck (82), à Ixelles
• Adriana Roelse (78), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Carlos Felipe Silviano Brandão (57), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Bart van Heuveln (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arend Hilbolling (73), Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Reininga (84), Groningen

• 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

• 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)
• 2012 » Elizabeth Connell, South African-English soprano (b. 1946)
• 2012 » George Brizan, Grenadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)
• 2013 » Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 2014 » Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Jesse
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Tobias
9. Levi
10. Tim
11. Jan
12. Mitchel
13. Lars
14. Jayden
15. Luuk
16. Milan

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Sanne
8. Eva
9. Anne
10. Lisa
11. Noor
12. Charlotte
13. Isa
14. Evi
15. Delphine
16. Lotte

• 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 15 » US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
• January 29 » Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
• June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
• August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
• September 9 » The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.

The temperature on February 18, 2009 was between -3.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.