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• Kelvyn Kriene Leuthold, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota († 2019)
• Anneke Rosario de Beurs

• Aaltje de Weerd (67)
• Egberdina Reina Tonkens (91), Wenen ( Oostenrijk )
• Dukina de Blouw (85)
• Alfred Lee Cohen Jr. (35), State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Allen Earl Huffman (87), California, United States
• Aartje Westhuis (60), Hierden
• elisabeth wilhelmina (lies) naus (86), kessel
• Elisabeth Roosemalen (88)
• Cyriel Vanstraelen (88), Hasselt, België
• Darlene Jeannette GRAY (79), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America

• 1991 » Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1991 » Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 » Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
• 1992 » Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
• 1993 » IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1993 » Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1993 » Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
• 1996 » Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

• 2011 » Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 » Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
• 2011 » Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (b. 1940)
• 2012 » James Abdnor, American soldier and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (b. 1956)
• 2012 » Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (b. 1952)
• 2013 » Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)

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

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

• 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.
• February 26 » Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.
• 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.
• May 30 » Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• June 13 » A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
• July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
• November 9 » A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.

The temperature on May 16, 2012 was between 2.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.