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• Ghislaine van Outryve d'Ydewalle (89), Etterbeek
• "William" Herbert Smith (82), Reno, Nevada, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Jacomina Snijder, Den Haag
• Henderika Schonewille (66), Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Anna Schoenmakers (93), Groesbeek
• Dorothy Louise Losey (90), Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Hendrikje Reinders (79), Vroomshoop
• Geraldine Hulda O'Connor (83)
• Edith Brower (86), Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa
• Dirk van Essen (97), Ermelo, Gemeente Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
• 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
• 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer

• 2011 » José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2012 » Bernd Meier, German footballer (b. 1972)
• 2012 » Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2012 » Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
• 2012 » John Keegan, English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
• 2012 » Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
• 2013 » Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)
• 2013 » Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (b. 1942)

• 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 7 » President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
• February 15 » Three hundred sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
• April 2 » A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
• May 13 » Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
• October 14 » Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
• December 25 » An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.

The temperature on August 2, 2012 was between 12.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.