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• Anouk GERRITSEN, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2011)

• Hendrika Jantina Klunder (74), Nieuwleusen
• Frederik J. van der Heide (66)
• Antonet Maas (91)
• Hendrikus Johannes Hiep (84), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Esther Carol Hartley (83), Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Gerard Gerritsma (85), Wormer
• Anna Maria Schellen (94), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charlotte Cain (87), Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Antonet Maas (91)
• Esther Wilma Overbergen (90), Pella, Marion County, Iowa

• 1985 » Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1985 » Tom Fletcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 » DeAngelo Smith, American football player
• 1986 » Lacey Von Erich, American wrestler
• 1987 » Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Jan Charouz, Czech race car driver
• 1987 » Jeremih, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
• 1994 » Benjamin Mendy, French footballer
• 1994 » Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter
• 1998 » Rosana Serrano, Cuban rower

• 2009 » Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931)
• 2011 » David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)
• 2012 » İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-American composer and producer (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Forrest S. McCartney, American general (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (b. 1954)
• 2012 » Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973)
• 2012 » William Raspberry, American journalist and academic (b. 1935)
• 2013 » Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)

• 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 11 » Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
• July 28 » While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
• July 30 » Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
• August 23 » A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200million–$300million USD.
• September 29 » The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
• October 15 » The 2011 Global Protests occur.

The temperature on July 17, 2011 was between 13.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.