About the day » Thursday February 12, 2009Calender converter

• Christine Mae Kuete (84), Grand Rapids, Michigan, VS
• Cornelia Maria van Baardwijk (84), Nieuwkuijk
• Adriana Johanna Maria Verhoeven (84), Tilburg
• Coby Pauw (87), Den Haag
• Cornelis van de Water (97), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Ben Bernard Johan Vincentius Smit (80), Loosdrecht
• Cornelia Maria (Cor) van Baardwijk (84), Vlijmen
• Cornelis Andreas Bastiaan (Kees) van der Peet (83), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camille Leopold Adelia Magda De Borgher (78), Sint Amands
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Vahrmeijer (91), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
• 1988 » DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 1988 » Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 » Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
• 1990 » Robert Griffin III, American football player
• 1991 » Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
• 1994 » Arman Hall, American sprinter
• 1999 » Maggie Coles-Lyster, Canadian cyclist
• 2000 » Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress

• 2007 » Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic (b. 1905)
• 2007 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 2008 » David Groh, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2009 » victims of Colgan Air Flight 3407:
• 2010 » Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (b. 1988)
• 2011 » Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1919)
• 2011 » Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
• 2011 » Peter Alexander, Austrian singer and actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Denis Flannery, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2012 » Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1945)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Jesse
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Levi
9. Tobias
10. Tim
11. Jan
12. Lars
13. Mitchel
14. Luuk
15. Milan
16. Jayden

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Sanne
9. Noor
10. Anne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Isa
14. Lotte
15. Delphine
16. Evi

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 20 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
• January 29 » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
• February 10 » The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
• February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
• April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
• August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.

The temperature on February 12, 2009 was between -0.9 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.