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• Ariena Helena Jongejan (79), Scheveningen
• Bouktje Best (87), Groningen
• Christiaan Willem Fictoor (95), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline Eleonore van Stolberg-Wernigerode (49)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina HEES (91), Doorn,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth de Klerk (86), Breda
• Dirk Jan Boks (74), Westerbeek, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Eddy Goris (50), Leuven / Belgie
• Frances Bendsen (72), Baton Rouge, LA
• Cornelis (Kees) van Dijk (82), Hoofddorp

• 1977 » Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
• 1979 » Jonathan Greening English footballer
• 1981 » Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 » Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 1987 » Robert Milsom, English footballer
• 1988 » Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
• 1992 » Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentinian footballer, goalkeeper
• 1998 » Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer

• 2010 » David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
• 2011 » Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
• 2011 » Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)
• 2011 » Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
• 2012 » Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2012 » Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (b. 1953)
• 2012 » William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)
• 2014 » Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)

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.
• May 25 » The SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
• August 6 » NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
• August 20 » A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
• September 7 » Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
• September 11 » A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
• November 11 » A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.

The temperature on January 2, 2012 was between 4.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.