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• Elisabeth Hoekstra (91), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendrikus Anbergen (86), Dedemsvaart
• Hendrikje Sterenberg (85), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Jan Klop
• Elias Sonnier (75), Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• "Idesbald" Georges Marie Joseph Ghislain Janssens de Bisthoven (93), Uccle, Bruxelles, Belgique
• Antonia Maria van 't Westeinde (56), Goes, hospice
• Alfred Earl Wilson (92), Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Ethridge Daniel O'Quinn (69)
• Hendrika Maria Ligtenbarg (83)

• 1984 » Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1985 » Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 » Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1985 » Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 » Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
• 1986 » Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 1987 » Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
• 1992 » Tara Moore, British tennis player

• 2013 » Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2013 » Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2014 » Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
• 2014 » John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)
• 2015 » Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)
• 2015 » Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975)
• 2017 » Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (b. 1938)
• 2017 » Darren Daulton, American baseball player (b. 1962)

1. Sem
2. Jan
3. Max
4. Noah
5. Liam
6. Lucas
7. Thomas
8. Thijs
9. Jacob
10. Julian
11. Levi
12. Jack
13. James
14. Luuk
15. Tim
16. Siem

1. Emma
2. Charlotte
3. Sophie
4. Bo
5. Noor
6. Dana
7. Nora
8. Anna
9. Lisa
10. Ella
11. Sarah
12. Julia
13. Lotte
14. Mila
15. Tess
16. Roos

• 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 16.9 million citizens.
• January 9 » The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.
• May 3 » Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
• July 17 » At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
• October 3 » Forty-two are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike.
• November 4 » A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
• November 13 » A set of coordinated terror attacks in Paris, including multiple shootings, explosions, and a hostage crisis in the 10th and 11th arrondissements kill 130 people, seven attackers, and injured 368 others, with at least 80 critically wounded.

The temperature on August 6, 2015 was between 13.3 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.