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• B.M. van Spronsen (83), Naaldwijk
• Anna Lena VERSENDAAL (95), Strijen
• Jos Baarendse (77), Lieshout
• Anna Maria Cornelia Peterse (97), Delft
• Antonia Theresia - Toos van der Leeuw (80), Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anton GEESINK (76), Utrecht
• Antonia Maria Lanphen (75), Laren
• Anna Coenradina Hendrika Blokhuis (84), Renkum
• Antonia Theresia (Toos) Van Der Leeuw (80), DR, Netherlands
• Charlotte Maureen Perry (55), Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Verenigde Staten

• 1986 » Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
• 1987 » Juan Joseph, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1988 » Danielle Savre, American actress
• 1988 » Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1988 » Evan Ross, American actor
• 1988 » Lars Stindl, German football player
• 1988 » Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » James Harden, American basketball player
• 1990 » Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
• 1991 » Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier

• 2007 » Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1928)
• 2009 » Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (b. 1925)
• 2010 » Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (b. 1918)
• 2011 » George Band, Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (b. 1929)
• 2011 » John McAleese, Scottish sergeant (b. 1949)
• 2011 » Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
• 2012 » Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2012 » Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2012 » Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Djess
4. Jens
5. Lars
6. Canryn
7. Jayden
8. Levi
9. Jan
10. Liam
11. Sem
12. Milan
13. Daan
14. Christian
15. Julian
16. Stijn

1. Lieke
2. Emma
3. Lotte
4. Anna
5. Ella
6. Jitte
7. Julia
8. Fleur
9. Jasmijn
10. Indi
11. Eva
12. Lisa
13. Maria
14. Lynn
15. Amber
16. Sanne

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• March 26 » The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
• April 3 » Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
• July 11 » The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
• July 25 » WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
• October 13 » The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
• November 19 » The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

The temperature on August 26, 2010 was between 13.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 50.6 mm of rain during 18.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.