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• Fokke van Houten (92), Drachten
• Fokke van Houten (92), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Margaretha Antonia Van Aarle (77)
• Arentiena Hendrika (Tiny) de Jonge (89)
• Cornelius Kuiken (90), Kankakee (Illinois, USA)
• Dinorá Marzullo (93), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Fettje Hijltjes Hilverda (100), Joure, Skarsterlân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Florentine Mathijs (86), Sint-Truiden, België
• Eeke Jorritsma (98), Burgum, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, The Netherlands
• Alle Tjeerdsma (82), Garijp, Friesland, Nederland

• 1989 » Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
• 1990 » Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
• 1991 » Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » John Boyega, English actor
• 1992 » Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
• 1993 » Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Katie Ledecky, American swimmer

• 2011 » Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (b. 1925)
• 2011 » Michael Gough, English actor (b. 1916)
• 2012 » Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (b. 1923)
• 2013 » A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
• 2013 » William B. Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
• 2014 » Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)
• 2014 » Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)

1. Levi
2. Noah
3. George
4. Willem
5. Ruben
6. Jesse
7. Jonathan
8. Bram
9. Thomas
10. Benjamin
11. Sem
12. Milan
13. Lucas
14. Max
15. Jack
16. Jan

1. Anna
2. Anne
3. Emma
4. Julia
5. Floortje
6. Lisa
7. Lotte
8. Tess
9. Olivia
10. Charlotte
11. Fenna
12. Sanne
13. Lynn
14. Eva
15. Sophie
16. Lieke

• 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
• January 29 » Alabama bunker hostage crisis: After shooting and killing of school bus driver, 66 years old Charles Albert Poland, Jr, by 65 year old Vietnam War era veteran, Jimmy Lee Dykes.
• April 16 » A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
• May 25 » A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.
• June 26 » Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
• November 5 » India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
• November 24 » Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.

The temperature on March 17, 2013 was between 2.9 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.