About the day » Thursday October 18, 2012Calender converter

• Dieneke van Rijt (80), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Maria Theresia Heuts (85), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Martina Seebregts (91), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
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• Annie van Dartel (82)
• Akkie Weerman (59)
• Cornelia Adriana Renne (87), Breda
• Edwin Barnett Lund (57), Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa
• Berdina Johanna (Diek) van der Eem (89), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Darlene M Kennedy (82), Orange County, California

• 1989 » Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
• 1989 » Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
• 1990 » Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
• 1990 » Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player
• 1990 » Drew Crawford, American basketball player
• 1991 » Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
• 1992 » John John Florence, American professional surfer
• 1993 » Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer
• 1994 » Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver

• 2012 » Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Brain Damage, American wrestler (b. 1977)
• 2012 » David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
• 2012 » George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (b. 1952)
• 2013 » Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2013 » Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
• March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
• June 26 » The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
• September 27 » In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
• October 14 » Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
• December 29 » A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.

The temperature on October 18, 2012 was between 13.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.