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• Fabian Smits, Breda

• Elisabeth Speeckaert (94), Ixelles, Bruxelles
• Aleida Maria Steggink (92), Enschede
• Adriana Catharina Vermeulen (82), Goes
• Emma Joan Landhuis (92), Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
• Cora Kalkman (77), Hengelo
• Elizabeth Ann PAYNE (68)
• Bronno Meijer (76), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arij van der Windt (79), Apeldoorn
• Anna Geertruida Willemen (87), Tilburg
• Aukje Riemke Posthumus (92), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland

• 1990 » Brooks Koepka, American golfer
• 1991 » Samuel Seo, South Korean musician
• 1992 » Aaron Whitchurch, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player († 2016)
• 1996 » Alex Iwobi, Nigerian football player
• 1996 » Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1996 » Mary Cain, American runner
• 1997 » Desiigner, American rapper
• 1997 » Dwayne Haskins, American football player
• 1997 » Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player

• 2011 » Jackie Cooper, American actor, television director, producer and executive (b. 1922)
• 2011 » Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
• 2011 » Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (b. 1927)
• 2012 » Felix Werder, German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
• 2013 » Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1943)
• 2013 » Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Joe Astroth, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Keith Carter, American swimmer and soldier (b. 1924)

• 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.
• May 19 » Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.
• June 19 » WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
• June 22 » A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
• June 22 » Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
• July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
• August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

The temperature on May 3, 2012 was between 11.0 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.