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Died on Sunday January 1, 2012
- Cornelis Willem (Cees) de Groot (86), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Alfred Edward Louis ROBERTS, Hounslow, Middlesex, England
- Adriana Antonia Cornelia van Cromvoirt (91), 's-Hertogenbosch
- Anna Elisabeth Henriette Stapper (91), Lübeck (Duitsland
- Andreas Joannes BRANDS (83), Bilzen (Limburg) (B)
- AnnaHubertina Maria Joosten (81), Apeldoorn, Nederland
- Adriaan (Andy) Tuhuteru (74), ZKH Twenteborg te Almelo
- Berendina (Diny) Schorfhaar (79)
- Anna Hubertina Maria Joosten (81), Apeldoorn
- Christina Theodora Kolner (79), Nijmegen
Born on January 1
- 1985 » Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
- 1985 » Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
- 1986 » Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
- 1986 » Ramses Barden, American football player
- 1987 » Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
- 1987 » Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1988 » Marcel Gecov, Czech footballer
- 1989 » Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player
- 1990 » Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player
- 1991 » Darius Slay, American football player
Died on January 1
- 2009 » Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
- 2010 » Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
- 2012 » Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
- 2012 » Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)
- 2012 » Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
- 2013 » Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945)
- 2013 » Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
- 2014 » Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)
- 2014 » Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2014 » William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)
Names that were popular for boys in 2012
- Nathan
- Lucas
- Bram
- Jan
- Ruben
- Liam
- Finn
- Thomas
- Jesse
- Milan
- Daan
- Levi
- Jacob
- Thijs
- Sem
- Luuk
Names that were popular for girls in 2012
- Abby
- Tess
- Anna
- Emma
- Sophie
- Iris
- Indy
- Tessa
- Julia
- Olivia
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Charlotte
- Luisa
- Eef
- Eva
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2012
- 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.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
- January 10 » A bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and 78 others injured.
- May 13 » Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
- May 21 » A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.
- December 9 » A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people.
- December 22 » Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
- December 29 » A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
Weather January 1, 2012
The temperature on January 1, 2012 was between 10.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.