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• George W. Nicholson (95), Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Betty Janet Andrews (70), Point Leamington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Aaltje (Alice) M. Posthuma (86), Salt Lake, Utah, VS
• Aaltje Veer (94)
• Ellen Elscott (94), Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
• Emilie Margaretha van de Streek (51), Dronten, Fl., NL
• Alie Ten Have (82), Varsselder
• Gerbrand - Ger Jong (86), Drunen
• Beryl Ada Rossow (91), Johnston, Polk Co., IA
• Antonie Aaldijk (92), Dordrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands

• 1988 » Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1989 » Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer
• 1990 » Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer
• 1991 » Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker
• 1992 » Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Allen Robinson, American football player
• 1995 » Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
• 1996 » Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguayan tennis player
• 2001 » Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 2011 » Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951)
• 2011 » Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962)
• 2012 » Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (b. 1965)
• 2012 » Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2013 » Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938)
• 2013 » Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2013 » Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2013 » Nílton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)

1. Lucas
2. Nathan
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 6 » Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
• March 11 » A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
• April 11 » A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake was VII (Very strong). Ten were killed, twelve were injured, and a non-destructive tsunami was observed on the island of Nias.
• June 3 » The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
• June 15 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
• November 15 » Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.

The temperature on August 24, 2012 was between 13.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.