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• Augusta J.A.M. Möller (89), Roosendaal
• Barbro* Elisabet Klint Svensson (70), Kråkrisvägen 8, Motala (E)
• Adolf Bernard van Motman (84)
• Arie Faber (87), Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa
• Christoffel Adolph MINNEBOO (79), Den Helder
• Albertha Agata Germers (82), Klazienaveen, Nederland
• Andries van Wingaarden (90), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Adriana Sprang, van (67)
• Andries van Wijngaarden (90), Rotterdam
• Antje Jansma (80), Drachten

• 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

• 2001 » Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Perry Como, American singer and television host (b. 1912)
• 2003 » Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933)
• 2005 » Ömer Kavur, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2005 » Martin Lings, English author and scholar (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress (b. 1937)
• 2006 » Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918)
• 2008 » Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910)
• 2008 » Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2009 » Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• February 16 » The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
• March 14 » The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
• April 27 » Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
• June 26 » Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
• July 6 » The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
• December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

The temperature on May 12, 2006 was between 8.3 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.