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• Hannah Louise Fransje van Rossem

• Adeline Helene Huberta Maria Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (90), Burg Satzvey, Mechernich, Allemagne
• Aaltje Westra (88)
• Doederina van Dijken (85), Marum
• Geert Veuger (62), Hoogeveen nederland
• "Raoul" Marie Charles de Maleingreau d'Hembise (76), Masnuy-Saint-Jean, Jurbise, Belgique
• Albert Visscher (82)
• Fijtje Vijfhuizen (93), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Frans Poelstra (85), Rotterdam
• Bernardus Johannes Alsemgeest (66), London (Ontario Canada)
• Els Senden (92), Brunssum

• 1989 » Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1991 » Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
• 1991 » Emre Colak, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer
• 1992 » Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player
• 1992 » Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1993 » Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
• 1996 » Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
• 1998 » Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater

• 2008 » Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)
• 2009 » Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Lucy Gordon, American actress and model (b. 1980)
• 2009 » Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
• 2011 » Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (b. 1952)
• 2012 » David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2012 » Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (b. 1915)
• 2012 » Ken Lyons, American bass guitarist (b. 1953)
• 2012 » Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Djess
4. Jens
5. Lars
6. Canryn
7. Jayden
8. Levi
9. Jan
10. Liam
11. Sem
12. Milan
13. Daan
14. Christian
15. Julian
16. Stijn

1. Lieke
2. Emma
3. Lotte
4. Anna
5. Jitte
6. Ella
7. Julia
8. Fleur
9. Jasmijn
10. Indi
11. Eva
12. Lisa
13. Maria
14. Lynn
15. Noa
16. Sanne

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 12 » An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
• February 23 » Unknown criminals pour more than 2​⁄₂ million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
• March 29 » Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
• June 24 » Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
• October 13 » The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
• November 4 » Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.

The temperature on May 20, 2010 was between 3.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.