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• Francina Exalto (83), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Dijkshoorn (83)
• Frans Eugene Eduard Clemens Maria Graaf van Kesselstatt (86), Föhren, Rheinland-Palts
• David Zilversmit (60), Phoenix, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Margaretha Machiel (94)
• Antonia Bulten (85), Urk
• Carol Elaine Breckheimer (87), Los Angeles, California
• Bertus Gompert Schlosser (74), Rotterdam
• Arie Stolk (79), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana van Unen (94), Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1985 » Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model
• 1985 » Rooney Mara, American actress
• 1986 » Romain Grosjean, French race car driver
• 1988 » Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1989 » Avi Kaplan, singer and songwriter
• 1989 » Paraskevi Papachristou, Greek triple jumper
• 1990 » Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer
• 1992 » Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1994 » Alanna Goldie, Canadian fencer
• 1996 » Lorna Fitzgerald, British actress

• 2012 » Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (b. 1948)
• 2012 » J. Quinn Brisben, American educator and politician (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Jonathan V. Plaut, American rabbi and author (b. 1942)
• 2012 » Leila Berg, English journalist and author (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Nityananda Mohapatra, Indian journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1912)
• 2012 » Stanley Rogers Resor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1917)
• 2013 » Bi Kidude, Tanzanian Taarab singer (b. ≈1910)
• 2013 » Carlos Graça, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1931)
• 2013 » V. S. Ramadevi, Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1934)
• 2013 » Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (b. 1957)

• 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 » SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
• April 16 » A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
• May 13 » American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.
• May 30 » Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
• June 7 » A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
• December 15 » The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron.

The temperature on April 17, 2013 was between 8.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.