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• Jasper Peters Siemensma, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)

• Edmund Josef Mauritius Gedult von Jungenfeld (86), Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz
• Aaltje Schurink (92), Rotterdam
• Catharina Johanna Kaatman (90), Alkmaar (NH, NLD)
• Annechienus Blom (85)
• Catrina Johanna (Toos) van der Voort (83), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Kanselaar (88), Apeldoorn
• Dirkje Bertha (Dit) Groeneweg (1993), Gouda
• Antonia Petronella Diepstraten (79), Breda
• Annie Debets (85), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aike Smook (91), Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland

• 1991 » Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
• 1991 » Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver
• 1991 » Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer, midfielder
• 1992 » Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer
• 1993 » Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 » Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer, defender
• 1995 » Calum Chambers, English footballer, defender
• 1995 » Joey Badass, American rapper and actor

• 2005 » Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
• 2009 » Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)
• 2012 » Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)
• 2012 » John Levy, American bassist and manager (b. 1912)
• 2013 » Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1933)
• 2013 » Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet and author (b. 1911)

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

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

• 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.
• January 1 » Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
• June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
• June 8 » Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
• June 19 » War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
• November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
• December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

The temperature on January 20, 2009 was between 1.8 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.