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• Albertus Johannes (Ab) Hoek
• Clement Joseph Derwael (87), Alken, België
• Alida Anthonia "Anja" de Fluiter (49), Soest, Nederland
• Elva Emma Montanye (90), Boone, North Carolina
• bastiaantje REEDIJK (86), oud-beijerland
• Albertus Jacobus Hoek (74)
• Gerardina Johanna Maria (Gerda) Numan (80), Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• H.G (Hein) Benerink (78), Reutum (Tubbergen)
• Grethel Michael (94), Glenwood (Mercer County), Mercer County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Alton Thomas Dowling (93), Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States of America

• 1990 » Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
• 1990 » Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
• 1990 » Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
• 1990 » Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
• 1991 » Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
• 1992 » Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
• 1992 » Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
• 1993 » Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
• 2001 » Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer

• 2008 » Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1923)
• 2008 » Levi Stubbs, American singer (b. 1936)
• 2008 » Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 2009 » Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)
• 2009 » Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
• 2011 » Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)
• 2012 » Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
• 2012 » Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)

• 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.
• January 12 » An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
• February 8 » A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.
• April 14 » Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
• May 5 » Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
• May 31 » Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.
• October 10 » The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

The temperature on October 17, 2010 was between -1.0 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.