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• Yenthe Grijpma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Tobias van der Veen († 2009)

• Kroot (83), Boxtel
• Elaine Stanley Beard (84), Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America
• Carmela Maria Ottone Francesco Celi (75), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje (Aaf) Leek (87), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes van Wessem (82), Vlaardingen (NL)
• Anthony William Robert Castiau (54), Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
• Antje Carolina Pennewaard (96), Zeist
• Arie van Geest (72), Weerselo
• Anita Koopman (53)
• Adriana Maria Theresia Duynisveld (76)

• 1988 » Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
• 1989 » Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
• 1990 » Amarna Miller, former Spanish porn actress
• 1990 » Eric Saade, Swedish singer
• 1991 » Grant Hall, English footballer
• 1991 » Toby Tarrant, English radio broadcaster
• 1992 » Jacqueline Jossa, English actress
• 1993 » Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
• 1993 » India Eisley, American actress
• 1998 » Lance Stroll, Canadian race car driver

• 2005 » Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 2005 » Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)
• 2008 » Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
• 2011 » Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)
• 2012 » J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)
• 2013 » Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Ministers of Haiti (b. 1937)

• 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.
• February 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
• April 7 » Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
• 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.
• September 29 » The 8.1 M_w  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.
• October 9 » First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
• December 31 » Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.

The temperature on October 29, 2009 was between 10.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.