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• Jop Alkemade, Utrecht (NL) († 2009)

• Eduard Franciscus Langerak (95), Amsterdam
• Corry Verhagen (55), Tilburg
• Anna Cornelia Bartha Versteeg (83), Tiel
• Fenneken Hendrika Bouwhuis (75), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Eva Zippora Williams (86), Sarasota, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Johannes Bruin (86)
• Adolf Johannes Adrianus Broekhuizen (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Franciscus Domen (85), Wernhout
• Andrew J Boone (85), Sanborn, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Emma Washburn Bickers (95), La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky, United States of America

• 1990 » Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
• 1991 » Blas Cantó, Spanish singer
• 1991 » Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
• 1992 » Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
• 1994 » Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
• 1994 » Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
• 1995 » Yuta Nakamoto, Japanese singer and menber of South Korean boyband NCT
• 1996 » Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast
• 2002 » Julian Dennison, New Zealand actor
• 2002 » Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer and former member of X1

• 2007 » Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
• 2008 » Delmar Watson, American actor and photographer (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925)
• 2009 » George Naʻope, American singer and dancer (b. 1928)
• 2009 » Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1947)
• 2009 » Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924)
• 2010 » Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)
• 2010 » Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
• 2010 » Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)

• 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.
• May 18 » The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
• June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
• 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.
• July 4 » The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
• October 10 » Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
• December 17 » MVDanny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.

The temperature on October 26, 2009 was between 11.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.