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• Armand Thoen (84), TIELT
• Elizabeth DEKKER (100)
• Anna van Vessem (82), Bergen op Zoom (Bergen op Zoom) (Noord-Brabant)
• Bertha Timmermans (83), 's Hertogenbosch
• Fokje (Zus) de Vries (87), Lelystad
• Gerda TEN KATE (87), Enschede
• Frederika Willemina Roelofs (99), Nijverdal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Lamberta Maria Vrinten (79), Groningen
• Alice Del Maire (93), Hasnon, 59178, France
• Tilburg

• 1997 » Coy Craft, American footballer
• 1997 » Joe Gomez, English footballer
• 1997 » Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
• 1998 » Luca De La Torre, American footballer
• 1998 » Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
• 1998 » Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian race car driver
• 1998 » Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
• 1998 » Steve Lacy, American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer
• 2000 » Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian race car driver
• 2000 » Jaxson Hayes, American basketball player

• 2010 » José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972)
• 2010 » Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970)
• 2011 » Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1978)
• 2012 » Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2013 » Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1941)
• 2013 » Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 2013 » Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish police officer and politician, 15th Governor of Istanbul Province (b. 1938)
• 2014 » Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949)

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 13 » The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
• May 21 » A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.
• May 30 » Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• September 9 » The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
• December 25 » An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
• December 26 » China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.

The temperature on May 23, 2012 was between 13.5 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 22.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.