About the day » Monday April 16, 2012Calender converter

• Leonie de Boer († 2017)

• Annechienus Johannes Hendrikus de Haas (78), Lelystad, Nederland
• Annechienus Johannus Hendrikus (Ginus) de Haas (78), Lelystad
• Edna May HALL (86), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Dirk Bernardus Gaykema (90), Ede
• Arie de Graaf (90), 't Zand, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Edwin Alfred Metcalfe (81), Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Johanna Gerarda van Rijn (89)
• Catherine Audet (71), Kingston, Ontario, Canada
• Carel Frederik des Tombe (84), Mutare, Zimbabwe
• Alwin Steinfeld (90), San Jose, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1990 » Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
• 1990 » Tony McQuay, American sprinter
• 1990 » Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
• 1991 » Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
• 1991 » Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
• 1993 » Chance the Rapper, American rapper
• 1993 » Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater
• 1994 » Albert Almora, American baseball player
• 1994 » Will Fuller, American football player
• 2002 » Sadie Sink, American actress

• 2011 » Allan Blakeney, Canadian scholar and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925)
• 2011 » Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 2012 » Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
• 2012 » George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956)
• 2012 » Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (b. 1913)
• 2012 » Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
• 2013 » Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)

1. Lucas
2. Nathan
3. Bram
4. Jan
5. Ruben
6. Finn
7. Liam
8. Thomas
9. Jesse
10. Milan
11. Daan
12. Levi
13. Thijs
14. Jacob
15. Sem
16. Luuk

1. Abby
2. Tess
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Sophie
6. Iris
7. Indy
8. Tessa
9. Olivia
10. Julia
11. Lieke
12. Luisa
13. Lotte
14. Roos
15. Charlotte
16. Eef

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
• April 30 » An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people.
• May 2 » A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
• August 5 » The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
• August 10 » The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
• September 6 » Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.
• November 11 » A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.

The temperature on April 16, 2012 was between -1.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.