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• Yare van Egmond, Dordrecht

• Hiltje Bakker (90), Frankford Township-New Jersey (USA)
• Anthonia Martha (Tonneke) Dorsman (85), Zwolle
• Dorothy Goodnow **** (91)
• Herman Konijnenbelt (83), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
• Benjamin Jeurink (96), Allendale Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Donald Andrew DeJong (85), Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara TAYLOR (70), Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States Of America
• Arendje Passchier (84), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Sportel (77), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje de BOER (76)

• 1989 » Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Emma Watson, English actress
• 1991 » Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
• 1991 » Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
• 1992 » Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
• 1995 » Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
• 1999 » Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player
• 2001 » Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper

• 2013 » Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 2014 » Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935)
• 2014 » John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919)
• 2015 » Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1966)
• 2015 » Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928)
• 2017 » Clifton James, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2017 » Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (b. 1899)
• 2018 » R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b. 1944)
• 2018 » Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)

• 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.
• August 18 » The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
• September 7 » The 8.2 M_w  2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
• September 19 » The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
• December 4 » The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.
• December 10 » ISIL is defeated in Iraq.

The temperature on April 15, 2017 was between 6.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.