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• Geertje Blom (81), Zuid-Scharwoude, Nederland
• Hendrica (Riet) Versteeg (91), Schiedam
• Gerdina Margaretha Liefting (90), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Derk Grooten (90), Emmen
• Christoffel Dragt (73), Bergen op Zoom
• Cobie van der Horst (86)
• Antonia Johanna Geertruida van Reen (79), Maastricht
• Clara Katherine Patterson (80), Pflugerville, Travis Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Helena Hendrika Johanna Schalks (96), Helmond, Noord-Brabant
• Clasina Maria Voois (96), Vlaardingen

• 1986 » Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
• 1986 » Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• 1987 » Tony Kane, Irish footballer
• 1990 » Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
• 1990 » Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
• 1991 » Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
• 1993 » Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter

• 2012 » Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)
• 2012 » Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
• 2013 » Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (b. 1931)
• 2013 » Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
• 2013 » Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)
• 2014 » Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)
• 2014 » Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)

• 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 7 » Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
• March 8 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
• June 14 » A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
• August 10 » Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport.
• September 18 » Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
• 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.

The temperature on August 29, 2014 was between 13.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.