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• Aaltje Roemeling (91), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Akke Haarsma (90), Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Paasman (94)
• Adriana Polak (85), Breda, Nederland
• Christina Everarda Maria Majoor (86), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Astrid Sylvana Losse (54), Apeldoorn
• Dirkje van den Hoorn (89), Uddel
• Bertus Snitselaar (77)
• Antonius Baars (70), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus (Bert) van der Flier (85), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1985 » Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
• 1986 » Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress
• 1986 » Lucas Duda, American baseball player
• 1986 » Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
• 1988 » Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer
• 1989 » Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
• 1990 » Martin Taupau, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Corey Norman, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player

• 2009 » Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Frances Reid, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2011 » Maria Schneider, French actress (b. 1952)
• 2012 » Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
• 2012 » Terence Hildner, American general (b. 1962)
• 2012 » Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1942)

• 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.
• February 13 » A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
• May 12 » Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.
• June 24 » At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
• July 23 » English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
• August 3 » Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
• December 31 » Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.

The temperature on February 3, 2010 was between -1.1 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.