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• Ans Veenendaal (87), Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gertrude Mary Kiffmeyer (98), Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States
• dirkje foekelina WESTHOFF
• Heidi Smitsman (40), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antonetta Verhoeven (98), Vlijmen
• Hans Gerhard Albert (Hans) Kedde (75), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eppo Hero Brongers (88), Heerlen, Nederland
• Boelena Deen (70), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Prins (56), Den Helder
• Elisabeth Reinskje (Betty) Haantjes (79), Eindhoven

• 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 » 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)
• 2019 » Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1931)

1. Tijs
2. Siem
3. Jan
4. Ties
5. Daan
6. Cil
7. Noah
8. Bram
9. Thomas
10. Sam
11. Jesse
12. Benjamin
13. Liam
14. Luuk
15. Albert
16. Luca

1. Emma
2. Anna
3. Louise
4. Sophie
5. Tess
6. Lynn
7. Nora
8. Liv
9. Eva-julie
10. Julia
11. Juliette
12. Mia
13. Mila
14. Charlotte
15. Nina
16. Emily

• 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.
• February 23 » The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
• May 27 » Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
• June 12 » American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
• August 18 » The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
• December 18 » Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.

The temperature on December 22, 2017 was between 7.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.