About the day » Saturday March 18, 2017Calender converter

• Cornelia, Catharina Godschalk (90), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiane SOETE (88), Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique
• George McClaren 'Larry' Smith (75)
• Elza Derdaele (95), Woumen
• Adriana Cornelia "Sjaan" de Jonge (99), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia de Jonge (99), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Harm Deuring (87), Odoorn
• Gerrigje Mensink (94), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Johanna van Rooij (73), Roosendaal
• Albert Jan Koenderink (84), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

• 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

• 2014 » Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (b. 1951)
• 2014 » Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1953)
• 2015 » Grace Ogot, Kenyan nurse, journalist, and politician (b. 1930)
• 2015 » Thomas Hopko, American priest and theologian (b. 1939)
• 2015 » Zhao Dayu, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
• 2016 » Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 2016 » Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1961)
• 2016 » Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2016 » Tray Walker, American football player (b. 1992)
• 2017 » Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1926)

• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
• January 6 » Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
• April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
• April 9 » The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
• August 17 » Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
• October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
• December 10 » ISIL is defeated in Iraq.

The temperature on March 18, 2017 was between 7.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.