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• A.J.G. (Tonnie) van Megen (74), Kerkrade
• Cornelis Dz(Kees) van Egmond│Vermae (80), unbekannt
• Arend Hegen (85), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Daniel Dirk Quartel (81), het verpleeghuis 'Texel', Hollewal 2 in den Burg
• Elisabeth Cornelis Eradus (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Anton de Vogel (90), Dunedin, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Johannes van den Bos (87), Soest
• Cornelis Spaans (73), Scheveningen
• Diamantina McClelland (85), Brasil
• Antonia Groen (69), Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1991 » Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
• 1991 » Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
• 1992 » Neymar, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
• 1993 » Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
• 1996 » Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
• 1997 » Patrick Roberts, English footballer
• 2016 » Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince

• 2010 » Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (b. 1988)
• 2011 » Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (b. 1939)
• 2011 » Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (b. 1922)
• 2012 » John Turner Sargent, Sr., American publisher (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Sam Coppola, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2013 » Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 2013 » Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934)
• 2013 » Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (b. 1921)

• 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 26 » Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.
• June 22 » Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
• August 6 » NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
• December 11 » At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
• December 22 » Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
• December 26 » China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.

The temperature on February 5, 2012 was between -10.2 °C and -5.1 °C and averaged -7.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.