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• Anna Perquy

• Cornelia Anna Catharina Doggen (75), Nispen
• Eleanor Maye Symens (86)
• Christina (Stine) Tweeling Schermer (89), Veenendaal, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Arend Doorduin (77), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Francis Paul "Franny" Meyer (68), Illinois, Stati Uniti d'America
• Anna (Annie) Mostert (80), Purmerend
• Cees Schoonakker (50), Alkmaar
• * Hilletje van Heiningen (93), Emmen
• Francina Cornelia Johanna Steenbakkers (88), Mierlo
• Aaltje HOEKSTRA (93), Burgum (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands

• 1992 » Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
• 1993 » Jordan Archer, English-Scottish footballer
• 1993 » Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 » Eric Bailly, Ivorian professional footballer
• 1994 » Guido Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
• 1994 » Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer
• 1994 » Oh Sehun, South Korean musician
• 1994 » Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress
• 1995 » Pedro Cachín, Argentine tennis player
• 1996 » Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player

• 2001 » Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)
• 2002 » George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)
• 2006 » William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936)
• 2008 » Cecilia Colledge, English-American figure skater and coach (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949)
• 2008 » Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Tom
4. Thijs
5. Lucas
6. Bas
7. Milan
8. Daniel
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Bram
13. Sem
14. Niels
15. Max
16. Alexander

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Isa
10. Iris
11. Lisa
12. Nienke
13. Eva
14. Femke
15. Anouk
16. Felicia

• 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 6 » American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
• April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
• May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
• September 16 » The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
• October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
• December 15 » Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.

The temperature on April 12, 2005 was between 2.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.