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• Albert Robert Plesman (66), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bernice Albina Tritschler (94), Wolf Point, Roosevelt, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Evelyn Armstrong (86), Pingree, Bingham County, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Bullee (75), Acquoy
• Cornelis Haasnoot (79), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolyn June Hall Manning (59), Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Willemina van de Wal (86), Barneveld
• Albertus Johannes Degenaar (91), Rotterdam
• Fennechien Houwen (84)
• Harry Hiram Sonke (86), Ripon, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress
• 1989 » Corey Dickerson, American baseball player
• 1990 » Wyatt Roy, Australian politician
• 1991 » Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » Suho, South Korean singer and actor
• 1992 » Anna Baryshnikov, American actress
• 1994 » Florian Luger, Austrian male model
• 1998 » Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model
• 1999 » Camren Bicondova, American actress
• 1999 » Femke Huijzer, Dutch model

• 2005 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
• 2008 » Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)
• 2010 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)
• 2011 » Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)
• 2012 » Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)

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

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

• 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 3 » The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
• January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
• May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
• June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
• September 9 » The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• September 30 » The 7.6 M_w  Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.

The temperature on May 22, 2009 was between 6.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.