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• Benedictus Lohuis (53)
• Felix M. J. M. van der Linden (82), Vught
• Elly Palmen (90), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Boomsma (77), Boelenslaan (Friesland)
• Anne Snippe (83), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alan Raymond Foster (82), Maffra, Australië
• Barbara Maria Helena Bongers (91), Thorn
• Arvena Bernice Rietveld (81), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Claude Gordon Lybrink (80), Brighton, Livingston, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elizabeth Florence McCALL (69), Oakland, Alameda, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1991 » Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1992 » Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ
• 1992 » Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Ola John, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
• 1995 » Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player

• 2009 » Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913)
• 2009 » Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2011 » Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1926)
• 2011 » Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (b.1944)
• 2012 » Bob Boozer, American basketball player (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (b. 1942)
• 2012 » Ian Burgess, English race car driver (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2012 » Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (b. 1941)

1. Tim
2. Lucas
3. Thomas
4. Chris
5. Daan
6. Liam
7. Jesse
8. Lars
9. Sem
10. Luuk
11. Thijs
12. Julian
13. Levi
14. Milan
15. Gijs
16. Finn

1. Lenthe
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eva
8. Charlotte
9. Elise
10. Julia
11. Lotte
12. Zoi
13. Tess
14. Maria
15. Lisa
16. Noa

• 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, 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.
• February 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
• February 22 » Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
• April 27 » The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
• May 16 » STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
• July 21 » NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
• November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.

The temperature on May 19, 2011 was between 6.0 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.