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• Alfons LIEKENS (93), Lier Belgie
• Christopher Charles HERPICH (66)
• André F. Missotten (87), Sint-Truiden, België
• Dina Johanna Veldhuis (82), Epe
• Elza Stephanie Roels (89), Velsen, Nederland
• Anna Krijntje Bovenschen (91)
• Albert Haak (73), Emmer-compascuum
• Hadewijn Maatje (Wina) Bijl (94), Wateringen, Nederland
• Gijsbertus Willibrordus Hogervorst (93), Naaldwijk
• Gustaaf Cornelis Jean de Boever (85), Terneuzen

• 1990 » Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
• 1991 » Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
• 1991 » Harry Pell, English footballer
• 1991 » Rob Keogh, English cricketer
• 1991 » Tom Eastman, English footballer
• 1991 » Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
• 1992 » Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
• 1992 » Marzia Bisognin, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
• 1995 » Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
• 1995 » Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer

• 2013 » Bud Adams, American businessman (b. 1923)
• 2014 » Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)
• 2014 » Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1931)
• 2014 » Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 2015 » France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
• 2015 » Marty Ingels, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (b. 1923)
• 2015 » Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (b. 1922)

1. Lucas
2. Benjamin
3. Tijn
4. Max
5. Jan
6. Levi
7. Mats
8. Boaz
9. Jesse
10. Alexander
11. Jacob
12. Thijs
13. Oscar
14. Noah
15. Ruben
16. Liam

1. Emma
2. Sophie
3. Olivia
4. Charlotte
5. Nora
6. Mila
7. Eva
8. Sara
9. Feline
10. Zoë
11. Isa
12. Femke
13. Julia
14. Lola
15. Ella
16. Anna

• 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 17.0 million citizens.
• March 19 » An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
• June 16 » Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
• August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
• October 13 » The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
• November 2 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
• December 22 » A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.

The temperature on October 21, 2016 was between 1.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.