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• Hans Overeijnder (80)
• Betty Janet Andrews (70), Point Leamington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Emilie Margaretha van de Streek (51), Dronten, Fl., NL
• Albert Westenhöfer (92), Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland
• Aaltje van der Most (82), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Ann Voshel (86)
• Clara Petronella Daemen (78), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Dam (84), Breda
• Francis Eugene Taylor (83), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Frederik (Freek) NIJHOFF (91), Zelhem Gelderland Netherlands

• 1988 » Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1989 » Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer
• 1990 » Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer
• 1991 » Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker
• 1992 » Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Allen Robinson, American football player
• 1995 » Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
• 1996 » Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguayan tennis player
• 2001 » Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 2011 » Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951)
• 2011 » Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962)
• 2012 » Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (b. 1965)
• 2012 » Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2013 » Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938)
• 2013 » Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2013 » Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2013 » Nílton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)

1. Nathan
2. Lucas
3. Bram
4. Jan
5. Ruben
6. Finn
7. Liam
8. Thomas
9. Jesse
10. Milan
11. Daan
12. Levi
13. Thijs
14. Jacob
15. Sem
16. Luuk

1. Abby
2. Tess
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Sophie
6. Iris
7. Indy
8. Tessa
9. Julia
10. Olivia
11. Lieke
12. Lotte
13. Luisa
14. Charlotte
15. Roos
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.
• April 16 » The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
• May 10 » The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.
• June 19 » WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
• August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
• October 19 » A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
• November 14 » Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.

The temperature on August 24, 2012 was between 13.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.