About the day » Saturday May 5, 2012Calender converter

• Florence Mae Nelson (79), Florence, Fremont County, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Ellen Marie Charles (93), Spearman, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• C.G. van Brienen
• Catharina Francina van Ingen Schenau (94), Etaules 17 (F)
• Gerhardus Hugo Willem Donkersloot (90), IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Bernardus Hendricus Leonardus Jacobus Brammer (67), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Henrica Illegems (86), Bornem
• Gerben Sipkes Walsweer
• Gertrud Johanna Sturkenboom (88)
• "Carl Johan" Arthur av Sverige (95), Ängelholm, Suède

• 1988 » Adele, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer
• 1989 » Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1991 » Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
• 1991 » Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
• 1992 » Loïck Landre, French footballer
• 1994 » Celeste, English singer
• 1998 » Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player
• 1999 » Justin Kluivert, Dutch footballer
• 1999 » Nathan Chen, American figure skater

• 2011 » Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901)
• 2011 » Dana Wynter, British actress (b. 1931)
• 2011 » Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (b. 1932)
• 2012 » Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (b. 1916)
• 2012 » George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (b. 1950)
• 2012 » Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)
• 2013 » Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937)
• 2013 » Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935)

1. Nathan
2. Lucas
3. Bram
4. Jan
5. Ruben
6. Thomas
7. Finn
8. Liam
9. Jesse
10. Milan
11. Daan
12. Levi
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 7 » President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
• February 23 » A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
• April 27 » At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
• 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.
• August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
• September 27 » In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.

The temperature on May 5, 2012 was between 6.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.