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• Bruce Douglas Bissmeyer (63), Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• André Nollet, Lommel, Brabant (B)
• Elisabeth Maria Arnolda Visser (75)
• Franciscus Nicolaas Jacobus Dobbe (74), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Dirkje Spek (92), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Kroles (80)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria Mooij (49), Obdam
• Doeke Johannes Petrus Draaisma (83), Sneek, Nederland
• Bertha Antonia Nendels (94)
• David George Bultema (67), Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Asami Konno, Japanese singer
• 1987 » Mark Reynolds, Scottish footballer
• 1987 » Michael Maidens, English footballer († 2007)
• 1988 » Eino Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1988 » Sander Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1989 » Earl Thomas, American football player
• 1995 » Seko Fofana, French born Ivorian international footballer
• 1997 » Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
• 1998 » Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1998 » Maryna Piddubna, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer

• 2012 » Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
• 2012 » Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)
• 2012 » Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931)
• 2013 » Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2013 » George Sauer, Jr., American football player (b. 1943)
• 2014 » Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)
• 2014 » Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (b. 1923)
• 2015 » Frank DiPascali, American businessman (b. 1956)
• 2015 » John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929)

• 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 7 » Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting twelve people execution style, and wounding eleven others.
• February 4 » TransAsia Airways Flight 235 with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after take-off, killing 43 people.
• February 24 » A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
• May 23 » At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma.
• June 27 » Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
• October 10 » Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 102 and injure 400.

The temperature on May 7, 2015 was between 7.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.