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• Hannah Louise Fransje van Rossem

• Catharina Jet Nijenkamp (80), Hengelo
• Elisabeth Johanna Frederika Maria (Elise) Kroon (62), HeemsKERK
• Bert van DAM (66), Nes
• Annie Willems (92), Eindhoven
• Albert Visscher (82)
• Augusto Martins da Silva (94), Santos, São Paulo, Brasil
• DeLoris Jane Huisman (88), Wright Co. Med. Ctr., Clarion, Wright Co., IA
• Berend Heller (70), De Meerdijk, Emmen
• Fijtje Vijfhuizen (93), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Eugenius VAN HEES (81), Eel, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1989 » Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1991 » Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
• 1991 » Emre Colak, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer
• 1992 » Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player
• 1992 » Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1993 » Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
• 1996 » Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
• 1998 » Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater

• 2008 » Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)
• 2009 » Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Lucy Gordon, American actress and model (b. 1980)
• 2009 » Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
• 2011 » Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (b. 1952)
• 2012 » David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2012 » Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (b. 1915)
• 2012 » Ken Lyons, American bass guitarist (b. 1953)
• 2012 » Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)

1. Thomas
2. Djess
3. Canryn
4. Jens
5. Lucas
6. Lars
7. Jayden
8. Milan
9. Christian
10. Jan
11. Daan
12. Levi
13. Sem
14. Liam
15. Julian
16. Stijn

1. Jitte
2. Lieke
3. Emma
4. Lotte
5. Anna
6. Ella
7. Indi
8. Julia
9. Fleur
10. Eva
11. Lisa
12. Jasmijn
13. Maria
14. Lynn
15. Femke
16. Esmee

• 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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.
• May 15 » Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
• July 29 » An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
• August 8 » China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
• October 3 » The 19th Commonwealth Games commence in Delhi.
• December 22 » The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
• December 31 » Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.

The temperature on May 20, 2010 was between 3.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.