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• Cecilia Bruijs (92), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Celie Bruijs (92), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Darwin Roskam (49), Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa
• Antonia Yvonne MALFLIET (83), Moerzeke,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Afke Willems Louwsma (87), Makkum, Wonseradeel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Andries Kanters (78)
• Anna Waninge (88), Joure
• Iekje Wijmenga (66), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Hubertus Wouterus Kolmans (75), Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hans Jurjen Hoomans (65), Odijk

• 1991 » Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1991 » Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 » Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
• 1995 » Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1996 » Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1997 » Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
• 1998 » Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1998 » Mimi Keene, English actress
• 2003 » Toni Shaw, British Paralympic swimmer

• 2011 » Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)
• 2011 » Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian Bodybuilder and internet sensation (b. 1989)
• 2012 » Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2012 » Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)
• 2012 » Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2012 » Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960)
• 2013 » Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966)

• 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.
• June 19 » WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
• June 23 » Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
• July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
• August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
• November 6 » Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States
• December 14 » Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

The temperature on August 5, 2012 was between 13.1 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.