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• Jennifer Tijsterman, Woerden
• Nathan VERPLAETSE, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2009)
• Cormac Willem Lennon, London, Engeland

• Christina Jacoba Klein (51)
• Carolina Johanna van der Graaf (89), Haaksbergen
• Antoon Alfons Jozef Grosemans (71), Kortessem, België
• Abraham van Aalst (79)
• Charles Rasquin (81), Zoersel
• Albertus Dijkshoorn (71), Sliedrecht
• Arie Rotgans (86), Den Helder
• Charles Gerard Slottje (92), Pasco Florida
• Cornelis Gerardus Rotteveel (85), Sassenheim
• Aaltje Wilhelmina Nieuwenhuis (78), Baarn

• 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

• 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)
• 2012 » Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)

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

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

• 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 » Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
• June 5 » After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
• August 19 » A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
• September 26 » Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
• October 9 » First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
• December 28 » Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

The temperature on May 12, 2009 was between 5.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.