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• Jim ter Beest, Huissen

• Cornelia,Leonarda de Ruijter (78), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Lourantius Min (81), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Gerardus Abraham van Poelje (70), Den Helder
• Anna Adriana (Anne) de Jager (79), Oud-Beijerland
• Bernardus Joannes Maria (Ben) van den Hout (83), Wateringen, Nederland
• Arjan Volkers (62), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Lourentius Min (81), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clyatt Oliver Price (94)
• Boukje Veenstra (86), Drachten
• André Schilders (74)

• 1992 » Joe Keery, American actor
• 1992 » Laura Kenny, English cyclist
• 1993 » Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
• 1994 » Caspar Lee, British-South African Youtuber
• 1994 » Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor
• 1996 » Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
• 1997 » Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• 1998 » Ryan Newman, American actress
• 1999 » Jerry Jeudy, American football player

• 2006 » Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
• 2008 » Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
• 2011 » Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926)
• 2014 » Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)
• 2014 » Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2014 » Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)
• 2014 » Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
• 2015 » Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922)
• 2016 » Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930)
• 2017 » Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (b. 1928)

• 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.
• January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
• February 26 » A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
• March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
• July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
• October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
• November 11 » A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.

The temperature on April 24, 2012 was between 6.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.