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• Alan Blakeley Samuels (66), Nelson, New Zealand
• Anna Maria Leopoldina De Laet (91), Antwerpen
• Beatrice Sandahl (69), Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida
• Catharina Maria Broersen (90), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysius Wilhelmus Maria van Kooten (80), Zaandam
• Annie Appels (86), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Annie M (Lundy) Williamson (86), Conway, Horry, South Carolina
• Catharina Broersen (90)
• Christina Dobber (95)
• Anthonia van Polen (84)

• 1987 » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1989 » Brian Gregan, Irish sprinter and athlete
• 1990 » Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
• 1991 » Noelle Stevenson, American cartoonist
• 1992 » Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
• 1992 » Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
• 1993 » Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
• 1995 » Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

• 2009 » Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and philosopher (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Justin Keating, Irish surgeon, journalist, and politician, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2010 » Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Jovette Marchessault, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Peter Ebert, English director and producer (b. 1918)
• 2012 » Tarak Mekki, Tunisian businessman and politician (b. 1958)
• 2013 » James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2013 » Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)

• 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 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
• 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.
• March 19 » Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
• April 6 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
• October 15 » The 2011 Global Protests occur.
• December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.

The temperature on December 31, 2011 was between 3.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 11.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.