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• Cornelis Brommer (80), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• elisabeth van der MARK (78), piershil
• Antje Reijerdr Vonk (55), Afferden, Nederland
• Apolonia Cornelia de Geus van den Heuvel (91), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Kloosterman (85)
• Cornelia Anna van der Weele (83), Ruurlo
• Frans Johan Metternich (82), Enschede, Nederland
• Carolina Johanna Bernarda HEISTER (63), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Worm (93)
• George Henri Marie van Pelt (82), Breda

• 1988 » Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
• 1991 » Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
• 1992 » Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 » Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1993 » Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
• 1993 » Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
• 1996 » Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

• 2010 » Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
• 2010 » Chris Moran, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)
• 2010 » Kieran Phelan, Irish politician (b. 1949)
• 2011 » Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Arthur Decabooter, Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Hiroshi Miyazawa, Japanese politician (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Jim Unger, English-Canadian illustrator (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Leo Dillon, American illustrator (b. 1933)
• 2012 » Stephen Healey, Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982)

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.
• January 21 » Anti government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Five people lose their lives from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office. To date, no one has been held accountable for the deaths.
• 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.
• May 25 » Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
• August 23 » Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
• September 20 » The United States military ends its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
• 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 26, 2011 was between 11.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.