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• Gladys Mae Ames (86), Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa
• Cornelis Marinus van Dalen (76)
• (Ietje) Ida Philipsen (65), Heerlen, Li.NL
• Gerrit Jan Hendriks (81)
• Adriana Cornelia KUYSTERS (88)
• Alex Rosink (81), Deventer
• Franz Mataûschek (85), Huisduinen, den Helder
• Albertina de (Bep) Ruiter (82), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Emilie Paula Petra de Lestrieux Hendrichs (87), Den Haag
• Antonia Harms (91), Landsmeer, NH, Nederland

• 1991 » Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1991 » Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 » Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
• 1992 » Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
• 1993 » IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1993 » Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1993 » Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
• 1996 » Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

• 2013 » Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 » Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
• 2013 » Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2013 » Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1948)
• 2013 » Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
• 2014 » Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (b. 1928)
• 2014 » Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)

• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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.
• February 20 » Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.
• March 27 » Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
• May 5 » Eleven people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship collides with a Marshall Islands registered container ship off the coast of Hong Kong.
• July 17 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
• August 9 » Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
• October 1 » A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

The temperature on May 16, 2014 was between 3.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.