About the day » Monday May 21, 2012Calender converter

• Dan Norvell Campbell (83), Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches CountyTexas
• Antonius Koers (73), Hengelo
• Beatrice Sacchetti (91)
• Adrianus Johannes van Dongen (85), Weert, Limburg, Netherlands
• Clementina Francisca VAN Raemdonck (96), MELSELE
• Cornelis Heus
• Andrew C Muller (90), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Baukje Canrinus (74), Ureterp, Friesland, Nederland
• Claude François Augustin de MARCHANT et d'ANSENBOURG (80), Ukkel (Brussels Gewest) (B)
• "Caroline" Alice Felicitas Johanna Hiller von Gaertringen (35), Rosenheim, Allemagne

• 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.
• 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 15 » Three hundred sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
• June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
• July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
• September 7 » Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
• September 9 » A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
• September 11 » The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

The temperature on May 21, 2012 was between 13.3 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.