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Died on Sunday May 12, 2013



Born on May 12

Died on May 12
  • 2012 » Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)
  • 2012 » Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)
  • 2013 » Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)
  • 2014 » Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)
  • 2014 » H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940)
  • 2014 » Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
  • 2014 » Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
  • 2014 » Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
  • 2015 » Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
  • 2015 » William Zinsser American journalist and critic (b. 1922)

Names that were popular for boys in 2013
  1. Levi
  2. Noah
  3. George
  4. Willem
  5. Ruben
  6. Jesse
  7. Jonathan
  8. Bram
  9. Thomas
  10. Benjamin
  11. Sem
  12. Milan
  13. Lucas
  14. Max
  15. Jack
  16. Jan
Names that were popular for girls in 2013
  1. Anna
  2. Anne
  3. Emma
  4. Julia
  5. Floortje
  6. Lisa
  7. Lotte
  8. Tess
  9. Olivia
  10. Charlotte
  11. Fenna
  12. Sanne
  13. Lynn
  14. Eva
  15. Sophie
  16. Lieke

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2013
  • 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Alabama bunker hostage crisis: After shooting and killing of school bus driver, 66 years old Charles Albert Poland, Jr, by 65 year old Vietnam War era veteran, Jimmy Lee Dykes.
  • May 11 » Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
  • May 31 » The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
  • July 2 » The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
  • July 7 » A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
  • September 24 » A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
Weather May 12, 2013

The temperature on May 12, 2013 was between 6.7 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI