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• Derk Boers (91), Almelo
• Anna Glas (85), Uithoorn
• Frans Molenaar (87), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Oostveen (80), Den Burg
• Geertrui (Trui) Meijerink (86), Ugchelen
• Cornelia Bartha Erkelens (91)
• Berendina Pater (Bea) (77), Deventer
• Franciscus Albertus Molenaar (87), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Elisabeth Catharina Boele (96), Zeist
• Chirstiaan Dina de Water (87)

• 1982 » Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 » Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 » Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver
• 1986 » Wayne Routledge, English footballer winger
• 1987 » Davide Astori, Italian footballer († 2018)
• 1987 » Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
• 1987 » Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer
• 1990 » Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
• 1991 » Caster Semenya, South African sprinter
• 1991 » Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer

• 2008 » Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)
• 2014 » Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)
• 2015 » Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French cartoonist (b. 1934)
• 2015 » Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2016 » Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2016 » John Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1947)
• 2016 » Judith Kaye, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)
• 2016 » Kitty Kallen, American singer (b. 1921)

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

1. Abby
2. Tess
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Emma
6. Iris
7. Indy
8. Julia
9. Tessa
10. Olivia
11. Lieke
12. Charlotte
13. Lotte
14. Eef
15. Luisa
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.
• February 7 » President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
• March 4 » A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
• June 19 » WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
• June 26 » The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
• September 11 » A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

The temperature on January 7, 2012 was between 5.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.