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Born on Thursday April 26, 2012
Died on Thursday April 26, 2012



Born on April 26

Died on April 26
  • 2009 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920)
  • 2010 » Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930)
  • 2010 » Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942)
  • 2011 » Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
  • 2012 » Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (b. 1938)
  • 2013 » George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
  • 2013 » Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (b. 1930)
  • 2014 » DJ Rashad, American electronic musician, producer and DJ (b. 1979)
  • 2014 » Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
  • 2014 » Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927)

Names that were popular for boys in 2012
  1. Lucas
  2. Nathan
  3. Bram
  4. Jan
  5. Ruben
  6. Finn
  7. Liam
  8. Thomas
  9. Jesse
  10. Levi
  11. Milan
  12. Daan
  13. Thijs
  14. Jacob
  15. Luuk
  16. Sem
Names that were popular for girls in 2012
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2012
  • 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.
  • January 19 » The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
  • July 18 » At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
  • August 6 » NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
  • August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
  • October 29 » Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.
  • November 30 » An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.
Weather April 26, 2012

The temperature on April 26, 2012 was between 9.2 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI