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• Geeske Wijnstra (88), Surhuisterveen
• Anne Visser (81), Balk
• Cornelis Jonkheer (92), Voorhout
• Aaltje Smit (84), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Douwes LUCHTENBERG (84), Drachten (Smallingerland) Friesland Netherlands
• Enne Bouwes Feenstra (79), Tijnje, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Doeke Veld (77)
• Douwe Algra (84), Leeuwarden
• Geeske Remkes Wijnstra (88), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Annetje Wallenburg (86), Den Helder

• 1990 » Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Terry Hawkridge, English footballer
• 1992 » Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1993 » Chris Grevsmuhl, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Dakota Fanning, American actress
• 1995 » Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
• 1996 » D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
• 1997 » Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player

• 2008 » Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950)
• 2010 » Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)
• 2011 » Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (b. 1923)
• 2012 » David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)
• 2012 » William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Joseph Friedenson, Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)

• 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.
• January 21 » Anti government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Five people lose their lives from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office. To date, no one has been held accountable for the deaths.
• January 27 » Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.
• April 27 » The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
• May 1 » Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
• July 30 » Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
• December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.

The temperature on February 23, 2011 was between -2.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.