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• Velthuis (87)
• Cornelia van Til (96), Drachten, Gemeente Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonius Müller (84), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Frits Sauter (71), Den Haag
• Cornelis Dirk (Kees) VAN VEEN (69), Kampen (NL)
• Cornelia (Corrie) RUSCH (89), Meppel
• Dean Erendine Mayfield (92), Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States of America
• Emerancia Yvonne Mellaerts (87)
• Dirk Jan Van Zwoll (67)
• Hubrecht Geert Marinus Huib van den Hoek (68), Rotterdam, Netherlands

• 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. Finn
6. Ruben
7. Liam
8. Thomas
9. Jesse
10. Milan
11. Daan
12. Levi
13. Thijs
14. Jacob
15. Sem
16. Mats

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

• 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.
• April 16 » The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
• May 13 » Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
• September 28 » Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
• October 14 » Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
• December 19 » Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.

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.