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• Charlotte Postma-Quinteyn, Aalst-Belgie

• Alida Jacoba Tjitske van Oosten (95), Nootdorp, Nederland
• Apolonia Wilhelmina de Folter (86), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba de Rek (73)
• Anna Hilary Lynn (80), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anja Cuypers (39), Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia Blok (95), 's-Gravenhage
• Alton Percey Todd (78), Brantley County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna Dorgelo (73), Tilburg
• Aaltje Auwerts Dijkstra (99), Grimsby-ON-Canada
• Cornelis Johannes Gerardus (Cees) Wensing (71), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1992 » Bill Arnold, American ice hockey player
• 1992 » Josh Papalii, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Willson Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1993 » Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
• 1993 » Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
• 1993 » Siim-Tanel Sammelselg, Estonian ski jumper
• 1993 » Stefan Kraft, Austrian ski jumper
• 1993 » Tones and I, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Łukasz Moneta, Polish footballer
• 1997 » Reimis Smith, Australian rugby league player

• 2006 » Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (b. 1923)
• 2008 » Ron Stone, American journalist and author (b. 1936)
• 2008 » Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (b. 1914)
• 2009 » Frank Aletter, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2009 » Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian rabbi (b. 1934)
• 2011 » Bruce Ricker, American director and producer (b. 1942)
• 2011 » Derek Boogaard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)
• 2011 » Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator (b. 1933)
• 2011 » Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b. 1930)

• 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.
• February 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
• March 4 » The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
• April 30 » Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
• June 8 » Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
• October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
• October 28 » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.

The temperature on May 13, 2009 was between 10.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.