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• Carmen Brink, Smilde

• Altje Oosterhoff (89)
• Earnest Gilbert Haga (81), Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonius Witte (60), Vlissingen
• * Marten Gerrit Bernard Plante (76), Voorburg
• Agatha Theodora van Kesteren (92)
• Edward H. (Ed) Rozeboom (91), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Castelijns (93), Moergestel
• F.W. Speek (81), Den Helder
• Alida Puijk (95), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth (Lies) Woudt (92), Krommenie

• 1988 » Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
• 1988 » Scott Laird, English footballer
• 1989 » Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
• 1990 » Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist
• 1990 » Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model
• 1993 » Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 » Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer
• 1996 » Birdy, English singer-songwriter
• 1997 » Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer

• 2006 » Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
• 2007 » Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
• 2008 » Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2008 » Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
• 2010 » Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
• 2010 » Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
• 2012 » Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)

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. Jayden
16. Milan

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.
• March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
• May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
• June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
• 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 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

The temperature on May 15, 2009 was between 8.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.