About the day » Wednesday May 12, 1993Calender converter

• Robin van Ellen, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Aron Roos, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Ellen Petronella Martina van den Hurk, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Maria Caitlin Schouw
• anna bond, volendam († 1993)

• Adrianus Cornelis Bouwens (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Loomans (93), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Ben Wickers (92), Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg, Iowa
• Alice May Russell (76), St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• alberta krul (72), amsterdam
• Bregtje Maartje Vader (78), Den Helder
• Alice Georgina Patricia Taylor (96), Burgess Hill, Essex, England
• Cornelia Henriette Snieder (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Reezigt (70), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Reezigt (70), Elspeet (Nunspeet)

• 1986 » Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
• 1986 » Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
• 1987 » Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1988 » Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress
• 1990 » Florent Amodio, French figure skater
• 1992 » Volha Khudzenka, Belarusian kayaker
• 1995 » Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player
• 1995 » Luke Benward, American actor and singer
• 1997 » Morgan Lake, English athlete

• 1985 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)
• 1992 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
• 1993 » Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b.1920)
• 1994 » Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902)
• 1994 » John Smith, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Ștefan Kovács, Romanian football player and coach (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)

1. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Sander
10. Dennis
11. Johannes
12. Mark
13. Rick
14. Jacob
15. Hendrik
16. Ruben

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Anne
7. Melissa
8. Anna
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Sarah
13. Jessica
14. Michelle
15. Kelly
16. Amanda

• 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
• March 12 » Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
• September 22 » A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
• October 30 » The Troubles: Loyalists carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland, killing six Catholics and two Protestants.
• November 1 » The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
• November 20 » Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
• December 10 » The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.

The temperature on May 12, 1993 was between 12.7 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.