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• Clasina Jozefina Hoogeduin (82), Den Burg
• Anna M Tapper
• Elizabeth Janna Geldof (94), Kruiningen
• Berend Bakker (83), Sibculo
• Elton B. Miller (84)
• Bertha van Vliet (90)
• Antonius Petrus Theodorus Mostermans (87), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clarence James Pasma (88), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Josephina Maria van Belkom (73), Amstelveen (Nieuwer Amstel)
• Dennis Michael Mullane (88), Livonia, Wayne, Michigan

• 1991 » Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
• 1992 » Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
• 1993 » Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian racing driver
• 1994 » Jalen Ramsey, American football player
• 1994 » Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1994 » Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
• 1995 » Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 » Kyla Ross, American gymnast
• 1997 » Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
• 1998 » Daya, American singer

• 2008 » Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
• 2010 » Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
• 2010 » Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 2010 » Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 2011 » John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
• 2011 » Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1967)
• 2012 » Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 2012 » Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
• 2012 » Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)

• 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 11 » Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
• 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.
• June 13 » A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
• 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.
• November 4 » Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus. All 68 passengers and crew are killed.

The temperature on October 24, 2010 was between 2.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.