About the day » Tuesday May 18, 2010Calender converter

• Frederik Adriaan Lodewijk Stuyver (79), Dalfsen, Nederland
• Geertruida Maria Purnot (82), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Betty May Oliver (93), Tonopah, Ney, Nevada
• Anna Nederveld (104), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Desmond Conrad TONGS (96)
• Gerrit Willem Huzen (79), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ella Boes (104), Ottawa County (Michigan)
• Andries Pieter Ouwendijk (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frederik Adriaan Lodewijk Stuyver (79), Dalfsen
• Andries Pieter (André) Ouwendijk (55), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1990 » Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
• 1992 » Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model
• 1993 » Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
• 1993 » Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1998 » Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
• 1999 » Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 2000 » Ryan Sessegnon, English footballer
• 2000 » Steven Sessegnon, English footballer
• 2002 » Alina Zagitova, Russian figure skater

• 2007 » Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (b. 1911)
• 2008 » Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (b. 1942)
• 2009 » Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954)
• 2012 » Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (b. 1927)
• 2012 » Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (b. 1967)
• 2013 » Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
• 2013 » Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 » Steve Forrest, American actor (b. 1925)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Djess
4. Jens
5. Lars
6. Canryn
7. Jayden
8. Levi
9. Jan
10. Liam
11. Sem
12. Milan
13. Daan
14. Christian
15. Julian
16. Stijn

1. Lieke
2. Emma
3. Lotte
4. Anna
5. Jitte
6. Ella
7. Julia
8. Fleur
9. Jasmijn
10. Indi
11. Eva
12. Lisa
13. Maria
14. Lynn
15. Sanne
16. Amber

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 14 » Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
• January 25 » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.
• May 5 » Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
• May 14 » Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.
• June 24 » Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
• August 24 » Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.

The temperature on May 18, 2010 was between 3.4 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.