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• Chase Strohacker, fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten († 2012)

• Derek Edward LEEDHAM (82)
• Corrie Haarsman
• Constance Beatrice Stroink (62), Zürich, Zwitserland
• Bertus BINKEN (68)
• Geertje Willems Hogewoning (94), Rijnsburg
• Berendina Pater (87)
• Francisca Christina Helena Johanna Hageman (94), Den Haag
• Abraham Matthijs Beekenkamp (71), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sophia van Soest (81), Apeldoorn
• Constance Beatrice Stroink (62), Zrich (ZW)

• 1991 » Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer
• 1992 » Austin Rivers, American basketball player
• 1992 » Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress
• 1993 » Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
• 1993 » Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
• 1994 » Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
• 1994 » Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
• 1996 » Katie Boulter, English tennis player
• 2001 » Park Si-eun, South Korean actress

• 2010 » Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)
• 2010 » Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)
• 2012 » Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Babe Martin, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (b. 1932)
• 2013 » John Amis, English journalist and critic (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Wilford White, American football player (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.
• February 1 » Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.
• April 16 » The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
• June 29 » A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
• August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
• September 7 » Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.
• November 6 » Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

The temperature on August 1, 2012 was between 11.8 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 21.8 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.