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• Esther Olijve (40), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jaantje van den Berg (94)
• Hinderktje (Hennie) Borg (90), siddeburen
• Henry Griffioen (83), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anneke Johanna Muilwijk (48), Vlagtwedde
• derk mulder (78), Almelo, Netherlands
• Cornelis Kramer (82), Urk
• Brittney Ann Holacik (25), New Port Richey, Pasco, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Belia Vrolijk (90), Scheveningen
• Adriana de Bruin (91), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1988 » Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 » Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
• 1989 » Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
• 1989 » Lianne La Havas, British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
• 1989 » Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer
• 1990 » Seth Curry, American basketball player
• 1992 » Nicola Docherty, Scottish footballer
• 1993 » Iván López, Spanish professional footballer
• 1994 » August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress († 2017)
• 1997 » Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer

• 2013 » Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (b. 1924)
• 2013 » Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951)
• 2013 » Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955)
• 2013 » Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (b. 1987)
• 2013 » William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)
• 2014 » Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994)
• 2014 » Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2014 » Dan Magill, American swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)

• 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.
• January 9 » An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
• May 24 » At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
• June 27 » At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
• October 1 » A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
• 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 15 » A gunman takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.

The temperature on August 23, 2014 was between 8.1 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.