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• Dorothy Ann Tuinstra (84), fortasse, somewhere in MI
• Andre Richard (85), Ronchamp, Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
• Dieuwertje Klasina Kramer (88), Steenwijk
• Frank Jacobs (67)
• Hendrikje Prenger (103), Gramsbergen
• Antonia Josephina Oldenhof (90), Borne
• Beverly Teresa “Terry” Truszkowski ****, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Beertje van der Molen (95), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Baukje Julia Kramer (99), Bolsward
• Annigje Nijenhuis (71), Almelo

• 1985 » Jake Long, American football player
• 1987 » Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
• 1987 » Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver
• 1988 » J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1989 » Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 » Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
• 1992 » Dan Burn, English footballer
• 1996 » Grace Reid, Scottish diver
• 1996 » Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer

• 2014 » Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1938)
• 2014 » Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1935)
• 2015 » Edward W. Estlow, American football player and journalist (b. 1920)
• 2015 » Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (b. 1921)
• 2015 » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)
• 2017 » Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (b. 1969)
• 2018 » Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (b. 1938)
• 2019 » Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (1943)
• 2020 » Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1932)

1. Louis
2. Gijs
3. Lucas
4. Jan
5. Jacob
6. Noah
7. Sem
8. Thomas
9. Milan
10. Bram
11. Cornelis
12. Arthur
13. Max
14. Tygo
15. Liam
16. James

1. Julia
2. Emma
3. Ada
4. Eva
5. Olivia
6. Sophie
7. Anna
8. Saar
9. Fleur
10. Mila
11. Isa
12. Elizabeth
13. Lauren
14. Nora
15. Tessa
16. Maria

• 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 Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.2 million citizens.
• January 16 » Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.
• March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
• April 23 » A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
• May 25 » Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
• October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.

The temperature on May 9, 2018 was between 10.0 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.