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• Geertje (Ge) Dedden (68), Blesdijke
• Clayton Dale Bakker (78), Olive Township (Ottawa) (Michigan)
• Glenda Lucille Saxton (70), Kamas, Summit County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Bertus Kolkman (88)
• Adrianus Theodorus Sol (80), Bladel
• George Coenraad Jense (71), Gouda
• Elsje Boer (84), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Lubking (77), Poortugaal
• Grada de Ruiter (86), Heino
• Grietje Berkenbosch (104), Wolvega, Friesland, Nederland

• 1991 » Conor Daly, American race car driver
• 1992 » Daiamami Genki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1992 » Jesse Lingard, English footballer
• 1996 » Jenifer Brening, German singer
• 1996 » Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1997 » Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
• 1997 » Maude Apatow, American actress
• 1997 » Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actress
• 1997 » Zach Banks, American race car driver
• 1998 » Chandler Canterbury, American actor

• 2011 » Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (b. 1929)
• 2011 » Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (b. 1949)
• 2012 » Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (b. 1952)
• 2012 » Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (b. 1948)
• 2013 » Dyron Nix, American basketball player (b. 1967)
• 2013 » Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (b. 1917)
• 2014 » Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (b. 1929)
• 2014 » Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (b. 1940)

• 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.
• February 8 » A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
• March 13 » The 2013 papal conclave elects Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
• June 7 » A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
• June 30 » Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
• October 13 » A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
• November 17 » A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

The temperature on December 15, 2013 was between 6.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.