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• Carlton Crockett Whitley (84), Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America
• catharina vugts, tilburg
• Bernardus Bastiaan Voorwinden (85), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Bastiaan VOORWINDEN (85), 's-Gravendeel
• Adriana Joanna Maria van de Ven (76)
• Edna Sanders (92), Alto (Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin),U.S.A
• Antoon Ghyselen (73), Santiago, Ch
• André Cans (80), Leuven
• Beatrice Geneva Jackson (85)
• Debra Kay Hoeksema (57), Mattawan (Van Buren) (Michigan)

• 1991 » Conor Daly, American race car driver
• 1992 » Daiamami Genki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1992 » Jesse Lingard, English footballer
• 1996 » Jenifer Brening, German singer
• 1996 » Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1997 » Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
• 1997 » Maude Apatow, American actress
• 1997 » Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actress
• 1997 » Zach Banks, American race car driver
• 1998 » Chandler Canterbury, American actor

• 2010 » Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2010 » Bob Feller, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2011 » Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (b. 1929)
• 2011 » Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (b. 1949)
• 2012 » Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (b. 1952)
• 2012 » Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (b. 1948)
• 2013 » Dyron Nix, American basketball player (b. 1967)
• 2013 » Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (b. 1917)

• 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 29 » A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
• June 2 » Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
• June 22 » Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
• August 5 » The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
• September 27 » In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
• December 26 » China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.

The temperature on December 15, 2012 was between 6.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.