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• Anna Klara Maria Versteegh (73), Den Dungen
• Gerhardus (Gerard) van de Van De Beek (71), Gem.Heerde Gelderland
• Berend Stoffels Weijs (86), Maasland
• Cecile Vanuytsel (61), Antwerpen, Belgie
• Berend Weijs (86)
• Donna Faye GRAHAM (59), Pulaski County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Engelbertus Wilhelmus (Bert) Kuiper (72), Alkmaar
• A.K.Maria Cornelissen (75), Zwolle
• Angelica Vanessa Bell (93), Aix-en-Provence, Departement des Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
• Delores M Zeestraten (75), Pickney, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1990 » Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver
• 1990 » Irina Falconi, American tennis player
• 1990 » Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
• 1992 » Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
• 1993 » Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1994 » Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 » Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
• 1997 » Max King, Australian rugby league player

• 2011 » Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (b. 1964)
• 2012 » Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (b. 1963)
• 2013 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 2013 » Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician (b. 1948)
• 2013 » Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)
• 2013 » Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (b. 1914)
• 2013 » Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (b. 1918)

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

1. Abby
2. Tess
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Sophie
6. Iris
7. Indy
8. Tessa
9. Olivia
10. Julia
11. Lieke
12. Lotte
13. Roos
14. Luisa
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.
• January 13 » The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.
• January 19 » The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
• July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
• October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
• 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.
• December 12 » North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2.

The temperature on May 4, 2012 was between 7.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.