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• elena jacoba bernice (elena) te baerts, venlo

• Derk Jan Hofs (82), Doetinchem
• Engelina Theresia van Oostwaard (79), Utrecht
• Adam Simon Theodorus de Boer (67), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Froukje Knook (89), Haarlem
• Anna Maria Schiltmans (97), Leiden
• Clarien de la Roij (53)
• Dirk Hendrik 't Hart (72), Goes
• Femmigje Teunissen (76), Sleen
• Berend Meems (74), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adam Simon Theodorus de Boer (67), Den Helder

• 1995 » Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
• 1995 » Yulia Belorukova, Russian cross-country skier
• 1996 » Aldo Kalulu, French footballer
• 1996 » Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer
• 1996 » Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
• 1997 » Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer
• 1998 » Borna Sosa, Croatian footballer
• 1999 » Rubina Ali, Indian actress
• 2003 » Natalie Garcia, rhythmic gymnast
• 2004 » Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, 2nd in line for the Norwegian throne

• 2009 » Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)
• 2010 » Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (b. 1953)
• 2011 » Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (b. 1938)
• 2011 » E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
• 2011 » Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2013 » Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1940)
• 2013 » Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2015 » Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1939)
• 2015 » Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (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, 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 19 » The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
• May 2 » Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
• July 13 » Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
• July 30 » Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
• October 15 » The 2011 Global Protests occur.
• November 12 » A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the Revolutionary Guards members, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.

The temperature on January 21, 2011 was between -3.8 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.