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• Cornelis Herman Valstar (73), Breda
• Annie Vermaat (88), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Frank Leo (85), Tinley Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Deborah Jean Pace (61), Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Knapp (74), Palos Heights, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Annetje Neeltje Vermaat (88), 's-Gravenzande
• Alberdina Johanna Keizer (81), Dedemsvaart
• Helena Geertruida Maria van Klaarwater (72), Doetinchem
• Egbert van der Velde (78), Kampen
• Geertruida Catharina van Langevelde (86)

• 1989 » Ken Baumann, American actor and author
• 1990 » Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer
• 1990 » Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain
• 1990 » Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
• 1990 » Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
• 1991 » Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 » Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer
• 1998 » Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2000 » Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player

• 2010 » Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 2012 » Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
• 2013 » Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (b. 1985)
• 2013 » Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Karen Black, American actress (b. 1939)
• 2013 » Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (b. 1922)

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. Olivia
10. Tessa
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.
• June 15 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
• June 26 » The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• August 6 » NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
• November 9 » At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.
• November 11 » A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
• November 22 » Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.

The temperature on August 8, 2012 was between 12.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.