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• Catharina Alberta Wilhelmina Ploeger (88), Groningen
• Albert (ab) Kromhout van der Meer (80), Volendam (Edam)
• Harvey Oelmann (81), Heritage Care Center, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa
• Adolphine Henriëtte Groenewegen (81)
• Floris Verbeek (85), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthon Petrus Reus (85), Den Helder
• Francisca Everdina Maria Hoek (78), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gerard Frans de Boer (94), Bussum
• Herman Marsman (80)
• Geerdina Heitmeijer (87), Zuidlaren Gem. Tynaarlo

• 1989 » Marco Restrepo, American musician
• 1990 » Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
• 1990 » Nicolás Francella, Argentine actor
• 1992 » 21 Savage, American hip-hop artist
• 1992 » Carrie Hope Fletcher, British singer
• 1992 » Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
• 1993 » Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer
• 1995 » Saidy Janko, Swiss footballer
• 1996 » B.I, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1996 » Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner

• 2014 » George Francis, English footballer and soldier (b. 1934)
• 2015 » Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1927)
• 2015 » Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (b. 1945)
• 2015 » Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (b. 1975)
• 2015 » Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2015 » Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (b. 1923)
• 2016 » Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (b. 1929)
• 2016 » Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (b. 1962)
• 2017 » George Young, British-Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (b. 1946)
• 2017 » Paul Weitz, American astronaut (b. 1932)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
• January 6 » Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
• April 6 » U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
• July 10 » Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
• August 18 » The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
• August 25 » Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125billion in damage.
• October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.

The temperature on October 22, 2017 was between 9.6 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain during 11.8 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.