About the day » Sunday March 18, 2012Calender converter
March 17, 2012Died on Sunday March 18, 2012
- Gavin Lindsay TITMUS (61)
- Cornelia (corry) Roozendaal (96), Warmenhuizen
- Auko Berend Beishuizen (72), Winschoten
- Albertus Hermanus Johannes (Bep) Buurman (73), Huissen
- Bieke CHAMPAGNE (67), Sint-Truiden,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
- Dale Allen Renken (63), Everett, Snohomish County
- Georg Bernard Holzmann (88)
- Brian Thomas Arpino AARP01.BRI01 (66), Bristol, Gloucester, England
- Ampelio Zocchi (90)
- Dr. Lorenzo Unknown (61), Chicago Cook, Illinois
Born on March 18
- 1989 » Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
- 1989 » Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1989 » Lily Collins, English-American actress
- 1989 » Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
- 1991 » Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 » Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Ryan Truex, American race car driver
- 1992 » Takuya Terada, Japanese singer, actor, and model
- 1997 » Ciara Bravo, American actress
- 1997 » Rieko Ioane, New Zealand rugby union player
Died on March 18
- 2010 » Fess Parker, American actor and businessman (b. 1924)
- 2011 » Warren Christopher, American lawyer and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (b. 1925)
- 2012 » Furman Bisher, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
- 2012 » George Tupou V of Tonga (b. 1948)
- 2012 » William G. Moore Jr., American general (b. 1920)
- 2012 » William R. Charette, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
- 2013 » Clay Ford, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
- 2013 » Henry Bromell, American novelist, screenwriter, and director (b. 1947)
- 2013 » Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and pilot (b. 1935)
- 2014 » Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (b. 1951)
Names that were popular for boys in 2012
- Jan
- Johannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Lucas
- James
- Cornelis
- Bram
- Thomas
- Ruben
- Hendrik
- Benjamin
- Alexander
- Finn
- Klaas
Names that were popular for girls in 2012
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Marie
- Sophie
- Tess
- Emma
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Abby
- Lynn
- Louise
- Julia
- Eva
- Irene
- Charlotte
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2012
- 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.
- February 1 » Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.
- April 21 » Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
- May 10 » The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.
- July 4 » The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
- August 25 » Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
- October 29 » Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.
The weather on Sunday March 18, 2012
The temperature on March 18, 2012 was between 2.4 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI