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• Mats de Cock, St Jansteen († 2014)

• Catharina Paulina Maria Theresia Leijten (80), Breda (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Anthonius Konings (85), Eindhoven
• Georg Handzik (84), Eugenia Canada
• Albert Dunnewind (94)
• Albertha Petronella Pauline (Betty) Kamphuis (92), Beckum, 7554, Nederland
• Eileen Armstrong
• Franz Schmetz
• Bertha Goemaere (91), Ieper
• Delph Elaine Falconer
• Dan Wayne ANDERSEN (86), Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States of America

• 1992 » Andrei Peteleu, Romanian footballer
• 1992 » Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
• 1992 » Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• 1992 » Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1992 » Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
• 1992 » Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Mario Jelavic, Croatian footballer
• 1995 » Liana Liberato, American television and film actress
• 1996 » Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1999 » Oregon Kaufusi, Australian rugby league player

• 2012 » Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
• 2012 » Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (b. 1917)
• 2013 » Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2013 » Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2013 » John W. Morris, American general (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (b. 1945)
• 2013 » Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 2013 » Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (b. 1918)

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.
• 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.
• October 13 » A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
• October 15 » The 7.2 M_w Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.
• October 28 » Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at the Tiananmen Square in China.
• November 8 » Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD) in damage.
• November 13 » Hawaii legalizes same sex marriage.

The temperature on August 20, 2013 was between 8.4 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.