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• Noah Moerkens
• Linda Sue McCarter, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

• Augusta Victoria (Poppi) Craane (97), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Geertruda Masteling (80), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Engelina Petronella Cornelia van Hest (85), Veldhoven
• Eleanor Marie Weigert (92), USA
• Alice Ivy Scheiwe (94), Harvey Bay, Queensland, Australia
• Edward Jay Worst (84), Anchorage, Alaska, V.S
• Elisabeth Koper (62), Oudkarspel
• "Antoine" Armand Odelric Marie Henry de Gramont (62), Houston, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Maria (Tini) van Kalken (84)
• Antonio Moises Paez Rivera (91), Hialeah, Miami-dade, Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1984 » AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
• 1985 » Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper
• 1988 » Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1989 » Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer
• 1989 » Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer
• 1990 » Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater
• 1991 » Bonnie Wright, English actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1991 » Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1993 » Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1993 » Nicola Leali, Italian footballer

• 2013 » Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (b. 1975)
• 2013 » Richard Briers, English actor (b. 1934)
• 2013 » Shmulik Kraus, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
• 2013 » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1952)
• 2014 » Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (b. 1965)
• 2015 » Cathy Ubels-Veen, Dutch politician (b. 1928)
• 2015 » John Barrow, American-Canadian football player and manager (b. 1935)
• 2015 » Liu Yudi, Chinese general and pilot (b. 1923)

• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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 20 » Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.
• February 22 » President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
• April 2 » A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
• July 15 » A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
• October 14 » The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
• December 4 » Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.

The temperature on February 17, 2014 was between 0.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.