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• Fenna Cornelisse
• Nolan Tamminga, Hardenberg

• Egbertje (Eppie) Harmsd Borst (86), Hattem
• Christina Margaretha Kaandorp (94), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• A.E. van Alphen (66)
• Jan Dekker (75), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• antonius j.m.(toon) daems (63), helden-panningen
• Hendrica Maria Teresia Beemer (88), Bunnik, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Hendrika Leuntje Harthoorn (81), Den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Benthem (86), Barneveld
• Clement Fourier (72), Borgloon, België
• Albert Jan Muis (84), Bruchterveld, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1988 » Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
• 1988 » Christen Press, American footballer
• 1988 » Eric Berry, American football player
• 1989 » Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
• 1993 » Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1993 » Travis Head, Australian cricketer
• 1995 » Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
• 1996 » Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer (Twice)
• 1997 » Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
• 2000 » Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

• 2013 » Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (b. 1978)
• 2013 » C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)
• 2013 » Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)
• 2013 » Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (b. 1937)
• 2014 » Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
• 2014 » Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)
• 2015 » Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)
• 2015 » Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1968)
• 2016 » Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (b. 1977)
• 2016 » LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (b. 1930)

• 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.
• February 11 » North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
• March 22 » A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
• August 17 » Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
• September 19 » The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
• October 1 » An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
• November 21 » Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.

The temperature on December 29, 2017 was between -0.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.