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• Mees Mulders

• Anny Verhijden (82), Weert
• Albrecht Johannes Bernard Duis von Damm (90), Leerdam
• Anne Holman (78), Stroobos (Achtkarspelen)
• Agnes Guimarães Rosa (82), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Egberta Wilhelmina Weren (86), Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerald Gerben van der Zwaag (77), Fieldcrest Assisted Living, Sheldon, Iowa
• Geertien Schepers (92), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elza Lindekens (98), Sint-Truiden, België
• Cornelia Juliana Maria HONKOOP (69), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Celina Maria Christina (Celine) Bruyninx (88), Alken, België

• 1989 » Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 » Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
• 1992 » Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
• 1992 » Moonbyul from Mamamoo, K-Pop star
• 1993 » David Klemmer, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1993 » Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1994 » Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
• 1996 » Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1998 » G Hannelius, American actress and singer

• 2014 » Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963)
• 2014 » Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 2014 » John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2015 » Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)
• 2015 » Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2016 » Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)
• 2017 » Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)
• 2018 » Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
• 2018 » Simcha Rotem, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (b. 1924)

• 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 8 » Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
• March 11 » At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo, Brazil, following heavy rain.
• April 3 » The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
• April 10 » An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
• May 19 » EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all 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.

The temperature on December 22, 2016 was between 4.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.