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• Eden Brian Etter, Johannesburg

• Alfred Elon Richardson (79), Ash Flat, Sharp County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Gerardus Cornelius Maria Maas (76), Beek-Ubbergen
• Adrianus van Rhee (82), Ederveen
• Gijsbertha Johanna van den Hoven (74)
• corrie van HOUWELINGEN (63), oud-beijerland
• Frederikus Wilhelmus Hilbers (80), Zwolle, Nederland
• Arie Ceelie (81)
• Donna DE HAAN (67), New Port Richey Florida U.S.A
• Gayle O. Debruyne (84), Lake Nebagamon, WI
• Elvin Francis Barker (84)

• 1990 » Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
• 1991 » Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
• 1992 » Holly Earl, British actress
• 1992 » Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
• 1993 » Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
• 1993 » Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
• 1994 » Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
• 1994 » Can Aktav, Turkish football player

• 2010 » Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (b. 1960)
• 2011 » Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)
• 2012 » Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (b. 1927)
• 2012 » Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (b. 1944)
• 2012 » John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Max Bygraves, English actor (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
• 2013 » Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2013 » David Frost, English journalist and game show host (b. 1939)

1. Tim
2. Lucas
3. Thomas
4. Chris
5. Daan
6. Liam
7. Jesse
8. Lars
9. Sem
10. Luuk
11. Thijs
12. Milan
13. Levi
14. Julian
15. Gijs
16. Finn

1. Lenthe
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eva
8. Charlotte
9. Elise
10. Lotte
11. Julia
12. Zoi
13. Tess
14. Lisa
15. Maria
16. Noa

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• February 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
• May 2 » Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
• July 13 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.
• July 28 » While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
• August 23 » Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
• November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.

The temperature on August 31, 2011 was between 8.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.