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• Arthur Jozef A-Tjak (79), Hoorn, Nederland
• Gerhardus Hendrikus Wortelboer (86), Emmer-Compascuum, Nederland
• Frits Sauter (71), Den Haag
• Cecilia Bruijs (92), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Helena Ardina Stehouwer (92), Opperdoes
• Hans Verburg (66)
• Andries Kanters (78)
• Constant André de la Porte (77), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Doreen Volckaert (67), Roeselare
• Celie Bruijs (92), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland

• 1991 » Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1991 » Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 » Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
• 1995 » Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1996 » Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1997 » Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
• 1998 » Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1998 » Mimi Keene, English actress
• 2003 » Toni Shaw, British Paralympic swimmer

• 2011 » Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)
• 2011 » Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian Bodybuilder and internet sensation (b. 1989)
• 2012 » Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2012 » Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)
• 2012 » Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2012 » Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960)
• 2013 » Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966)

1. Nathan
2. Lucas
3. Bram
4. Jan
5. Ruben
6. Finn
7. Liam
8. Thomas
9. Jesse
10. Milan
11. Daan
12. Levi
13. Thijs
14. Jacob
15. Sem
16. Luuk

1. Abby
2. Tess
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Sophie
6. Iris
7. Indy
8. Tessa
9. Julia
10. Olivia
11. Lieke
12. Lotte
13. Luisa
14. Charlotte
15. Roos
16. Eva

• 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 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
• February 15 » Three hundred sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
• June 24 » Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
• August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
• September 11 » The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
• November 17 » At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.

The temperature on August 5, 2012 was between 13.1 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.