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• Gido van Briemen, Amsterdam († 2009)

• Annetje VERBAAS (97), Rotterdam
• Cora Elizabeth Roebuck (79), Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, Verenigde Staten
• Aloysia Sophia Hoyos van Sprinzenstein (96), Regensburg, Oberpalts, Beieren
• Annetje Verbaas (97), Rotterdam
• Catharina, Maria Van Hoof (87), Zevenbergen
• Antonia van WIJK (64), 's-Hertogenbosch (N-Br.)
• Alida Berendina Geertrui Toxopeus (97), Bilthoven
• Bertha Groote (93), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Breunis Willem Pater (61), De Bilt
• Anna Heerkes Feenstra (84), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1982 » Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
• 1984 » Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
• 1984 » Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
• 1987 » José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
• 1988 » Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Shay Logan, English footballer
• 1988 » Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
• 1989 » Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer

• 2004 » Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist, (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
• 2011 » Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
• 2012 » Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)
• 2012 » Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (b. 1928)

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. Jayden
16. Milan

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

• 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.
• April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
• April 9 » In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
• April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
• June 19 » Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
• June 21 » Greenland assumes self-rule.
• August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.

The temperature on January 29, 2009 was between -3.9 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.