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• Rosan Voet

• Cornelis (Kees) Bouwhuizen (56)
• Arnold Eugene Wilkens (69)
• Adriana Geertruij Kok (85), Bath
• Angela Sheridan (88)
• Berry (47), Vught (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Anne Claire Curoe (81), Santee, San Diego Co., California, Verenigde Staten
• Bouwina Joanna Knol (85)
• Adriana Guijt (87), Katwijk aan Zee
• Antje Bal (90)
• Bouwina Joanna Knol (85)

• 1986 » David Silva, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Adrián López, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Michael Mancienne, English footballer
• 1989 » Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
• 1991 » Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
• 1991 » Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer
• 1991 » Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1992 » Apostolos Vellios, Greek footballer
• 1992 » Koke, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player

• 2009 » Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan Journalist (b. 1958)
• 2010 » Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2011 » Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937)
• 2011 » Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Bernhard Schrader, German chemist and academic (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938)
• 2012 » John Madin, English architect, designed the Birmingham Central Library (b. 1924)
• 2012 » T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (b. 1943)
• 2013 » Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)

1. Tim
2. Lucas
3. Thomas
4. Chris
5. Daan
6. Liam
7. Jesse
8. Lars
9. Luuk
10. Sem
11. Thijs
12. Levi
13. Julian
14. Milan
15. Gijs
16. Finn

1. Lenthe
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eva
8. Charlotte
9. Elise
10. Julia
11. Lotte
12. Zoi
13. Tess
14. Olivia
15. Lisa
16. Noa

• 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.
• March 11 » An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130km (81mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
• May 2 » An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
• 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.
• June 1 » A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
• September 29 » The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
• December 31 » Samoa and Tokelau skip the day of December 30, 2011 as they jump to the other side of International Date Line, changing their timezones.

The temperature on January 8, 2011 was between 4.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.