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• Joelle Koevoets, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Arie Gerritse (80), Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beertje( Bertha) Hooijer (84), Gem. Hoogeveen
• Blanche Mae Roszell (93), Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona
• Dormal (72), HUY
• Anna Antonia van Lieshout (91), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloysius Herman Lauwers (75), Bornem
• Beertje (Bertha) Hooijer (84), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Pancratius Meulenbroeks (82), Veldhoven
• Anna Hoek (89), Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota
• "Marie" Maria Hendrina Heijmen (89), Nijmegen

• 1991 » James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
• 1991 » Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer
• 1993 » Kurt Capewell, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1995 » Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
• 1995 » Luke Shaw, English footballer
• 1996 » Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
• 1996 » Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
• 1997 » Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 2004 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)
• 2005 » John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, English businessman (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Robert Burås, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975)
• 2007 » Stan Zemanek, Australian radio and television host (b. 1947)
• 2008 » Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
• 2008 » Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)
• 2010 » James P. Hogan, English-American author (b. 1941)
• 2010 » Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (b. 1922)
• 2010 » Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)
• 2010 » Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (b. 1957)

• 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 16.3 million citizens.
• February 2 » Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
• February 13 » Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
• April 20 » Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
• May 19 » President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
• June 29 » Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
• October 15 » Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.

The temperature on July 12, 2007 was between 12.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.