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• Olivier Schols, Amsterdam († 2011)

• Abraham Dingemanse (81), Middelburg, Nederland
• Gerhardus Botter (74), Hoogeveen
• Eduard Leopold Tupamahu (63), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Donna de Raad (86), Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota
• Achiel Maes (89), Sint-Niklaas
• Cornelis Groenhof (83), De Koog (Texel, NH)
• Francina Bakx (62), Biddinghuizen
• Cornelia Petronella Jacoba van Hoof (101), Aalst
• Gerhardus Botter (74), Hoogeveen nederland
• Alfons Bosco van der Steen (77), Eindhoven

• 1984 » Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1985 » Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 » Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1985 » Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 » Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
• 1986 » Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 1987 » Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
• 1992 » Tara Moore, British tennis player

• 2009 » Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)
• 2009 » Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
• 2011 » Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)
• 2012 » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
• 2012 » Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
• 2012 » Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (b. 1954)
• 2012 » Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
• 2012 » Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
• 2012 » Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)

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. Milan
14. Julian
15. Gijs
16. Finn

1. Lenthe
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eva
8. Charlotte
9. Elise
10. Lotte
11. Julia
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.
• January 9 » Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, killing 77 people.
• March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
• July 10 » Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
• September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
• September 20 » The United States military ends its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
• November 12 » Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.

The temperature on August 6, 2011 was between 14.3 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.