About the day » Saturday May 21, 2011Calender converter

• Arentha Ellen Tiemroth (88)
• Cornelia Johanna Verswijveren (98), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Carolina Adriana (Corrie) WILDE (93), Helmond (NL/NB) Stiphout (NL/NB)
• cornelia VISSER (89), oud-beijerland
• Arnoldina Dini Louise Koning (78), Naaldwijk
• Darlene Ann Hemp (80), Gainesville Alachua Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Daniel Nickolas Anticoli (73), Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States of America
• Barbara EILANDER (71), Newton Jasper County Iowa U.S.A
• Cornelius Johannes SCHOENMAKER (80), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Terpstra (84), Den Burg

• 1993 » Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete
• 1994 » Tom Daley, English diver
• 1995 » Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor
• 1995 » Katharina Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian
• 1996 » Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player
• 1996 » Josh Allen, American footballer
• 1996 » Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player
• 1997 » Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer
• 1997 » Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer
• 1997 » Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter

• 2012 » Alan Thorne, Australian anthropologist and academic (b. 1939)
• 2012 » Bill Stewart, American football player and coach (b. 1952)
• 2012 » Constantine of Irinoupolis, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (b. 1950)
• 2012 » Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 2012 » Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race riot (b. 1903)
• 2012 » Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (b. 1964)
• 2013 » Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2013 » Count Christian of Rosenborg, member of the Danish royal family (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Frank Comstock, American trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1922)

• 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.
• April 1 » After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
• May 21 » Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
• July 10 » Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
• September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
• September 12 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public.
• October 15 » The 2011 Global Protests occur.

The temperature on May 21, 2011 was between 4.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °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 south-southeast.