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• Herman Soepenberg (80)
• Carla Gout (95), Ubbergen
• A.J.M. Overmars (62)
• Adriana Maria (jeanne) Tournier (90), Barendrecht
• James L. Chaney (87), Lowndes County, Georgia, United States of America
• Jacob Smit (62)
• Anna Maria Theresia Dols (86), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Cornelius Johannes Maria de Laat (84), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander van der Torre (79), Gouda
• Harmen Kieft (86), Voorthuizen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1992 » Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
• 1994 » Alex Katz, American baseball player
• 1994 » Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
• 1994 » Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast
• 1996 » James Graham, British singer
• 1996 » Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player
• 1997 » Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
• 2002 » Iris Apatow, American actress
• 2004 » Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist

• 2012 » James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1910)
• 2013 » George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2013 » Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (b. 1951)
• 2014 » Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Graham Miles, English snooker player (b. 1941)
• 2014 » Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943)
• 2015 » Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (b. 1953)
• 2015 » Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (b. 1925)

• 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 17.0 million citizens.
• January 15 » The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
• March 19 » Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
• July 23 » Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
• November 2 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
• December 9 » At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
• December 22 » A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.

The temperature on October 12, 2016 was between 6.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.