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• Caspar Hubert Cremer (93), Zell am See (Aut)
• Montgomery (85), Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States
• Diny Kippers (86), Ommen
• Bep Roodenburg (57), Arnhem
• Bep Roodenburg (57), Arnhem
• Aafke Vegter (91), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonio dos Santos Clemente (91)
• Cilie Blezer (78), Geleen, Sittard-Geleen
• David Leo van Duuren (72), California (Usa)
• Cornelis Adrianus van Egeraat (79), Bergen op Zoom

• 1986 » David Silva, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Adrián López, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Michael Mancienne, English footballer
• 1989 » Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
• 1991 » Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
• 1991 » Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer
• 1991 » Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1992 » Apostolos Vellios, Greek footballer
• 1992 » Koke, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player

• 2011 » Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937)
• 2011 » Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Bernhard Schrader, German chemist and academic (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938)
• 2012 » John Madin, English architect, designed the Birmingham Central Library (b. 1924)
• 2012 » T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (b. 1943)
• 2013 » Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)

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.
• March 20 » At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.
• September 6 » Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.
• September 11 » A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
• October 19 » A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
• November 7 » An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
• November 14 » Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.

The temperature on January 8, 2012 was between 5.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.