About the day » Tuesday August 18, 2009Calender converter

• Ana Josefa Freitas (87), Brasil
• Clazina van Dijkhuizen (89), Amersfoort
• Frederick Martin Ironside ** (85), East Setauket, Suffolk, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Diny Zonneveld (56), Zwaag
• Edith Grace Rossi (94), San Jose, Costa Rica
• Antje Snippe (87), Klazienaveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alfons Vanzeer (70), Sint-Truiden, België
• Gary R Egge (65), Houston, Harris County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Josephus Bugter (83), Wallsend
• Daisy Wanda Hagy (84), Palm Coast, Flagler, Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1988 » G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1988 » Jack Hobbs, English footballer
• 1992 » Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
• 1992 » Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
• 1993 » Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
• 1994 » Morgan Sanson, French footballer
• 1995 » Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
• 1997 » Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer

• 2006 » Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Magdalen Nabb, English author (b. 1947)
• 2007 » Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938)
• 2009 » Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 2009 » Robert Novak, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 2009 » Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (b. 1910)
• 2010 » Benjamin Kaplan, American scholar and jurist (b. 1911)
• 2010 » Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower and coach (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Harrison Begay, American painter (b. 1917)
• 2012 » John Kovatch, American football player (b. 1920)

• 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.
• April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
• May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
• June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
• June 22 » A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.
• October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
• November 27 » Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.

The temperature on August 18, 2009 was between 12.9 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.