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• Bertram Karl Muller Kobold (74), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Andries van der Meij (80), Noordwijk
• Agatha Wilhelmina Maria Brinker (90)
• Celina Silvia Deghezelle (95), Harelbeke (W-VL) België
• Clea Jeanette Gabel (90), West Des Moines, Dallas County, Iowa
• Antoinette Maria Godefrida Sweegers (96), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie GEENS (79), Rillaar Vlaams Brabant
• Albertina Cornelia van Ameijde (88), Leerdam, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ann Mildred Powell (99), Kure Beach, New Hanover, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van Noort (80), Rotterdam

• 1986 » Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer († 2013)
• 1987 » Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 » Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Mallory Hagan, Miss America 2013
• 1989 » Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet
• 1992 » Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
• 1994 » Reed Alexander, American actor
• 1996 » Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
• 2002 » Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician

• 2007 » Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1915)
• 2007 » William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1914)
• 2009 » Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (b. 1910)
• 2009 » Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1939)
• 2010 » Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2010 » K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)
• 2011 » Aydın Menderes, Turkish economist and politician (b. 1946)
• 2012 » Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1979)
• 2012 » Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (b. 1923)

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

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

• 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 8 » Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
• 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.
• July 25 » WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
• July 29 » An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
• September 7 » A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.
• November 23 » Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

The average temperature on December 23, 2010 was -0.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.