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• Yenthe Grijpma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Tobias van der Veen († 2009)

• Antje Carolina Pennewaard (96), Zeist
• Agnes van Wessem (82), Vlaardingen (NL)
• Clare Mianni Mudford (76), Albury, New South Wales, Australia
• Kroot (83), Boxtel
• Engelbertus A.J. Zwinkels (69)
• Anthony William Robert Castiau (54), Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
• Albert Moes (88), Lettele
• Adrianus Johannes Schuiling (90)
• Albert Harms (62), Cappele aan den IJssel
• Emory Richard Saienga (81), Ames, Story Co., Iowa, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
• 1989 » Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
• 1990 » Amarna Miller, former Spanish porn actress
• 1990 » Eric Saade, Swedish singer
• 1991 » Grant Hall, English footballer
• 1991 » Toby Tarrant, English radio broadcaster
• 1992 » Jacqueline Jossa, English actress
• 1993 » Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
• 1993 » India Eisley, American actress
• 1998 » Lance Stroll, Canadian race car driver

• 2005 » Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 2005 » Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)
• 2008 » Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
• 2011 » Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)
• 2012 » J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)
• 2013 » Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Ministers of Haiti (b. 1937)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Thijs
3. Jesse
4. Lucas
5. Daan
6. Thomas
7. Ruben
8. Levi
9. Tobias
10. Jan
11. Tim
12. Lars
13. Mitchel
14. Sem
15. Jayden
16. Luuk

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Noor
9. Anne
10. Sanne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Lotte
14. Isa
15. Fleur
16. Roos

• 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
• April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
• June 19 » Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
• August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
• November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.
• December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

The temperature on October 29, 2009 was between 10.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.