About the day » Wednesday May 18, 2011Calender converter

• Norah Lize Twijnstra, Sneek

• Friedrik Bosker (88), siddeburen
• Alida Adriana Ensing (95), 't Zand (gem Zijpe)
• Elvie Rosena YOUNG (92)
• Arie Hoogstad (90)
• Bessel Schuit
• Aaltje Bessels (71), Apeldoorn
• Alida POUW (96), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Heitbrink (79), Nuth, Limburg, Nederland, Netherlands
• Bas Eilering (20)
• Aagje Wit (93)

• 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

• 2008 » Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (b. 1911)
• 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 » David McMillan, American football player (b. 1981)
• 2013 » Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 » Lothar Schmid, German chess player (b. 1928)
• 2013 » Steve Forrest, American actor (b. 1925)

1. Tim
2. Lucas
3. Thomas
4. Chris
5. Daan
6. Liam
7. Jesse
8. Lars
9. Sem
10. Luuk
11. Thijs
12. Julian
13. Levi
14. Milan
15. Gijs
16. Finn

1. Lenthe
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eva
8. Charlotte
9. Elise
10. Julia
11. Lotte
12. Zoi
13. Tess
14. Maria
15. Lisa
16. Noa

• 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, 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.
• February 22 » Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
• March 11 » An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130km (81mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
• May 13 » Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
• July 10 » Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
• November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
• November 12 » Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.

The temperature on May 18, 2011 was between 11.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.