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• Ans Peters (93)
• Gerardus Bijen (91), Rossum,Gemeente Dinkelland,Overijssel,Nederland
• Beatrix Visser (80), Groningen
• Barbara I. Zuris Gooden (85)
• Berenice Verholle (73)
• Dirk (Dick) KROOS (76), Vlaardingen
• Ans Pieters (93)
• Hendrika Theodora Staal (81)
• Hendrika Jut (88), Zwolle
• Bertus Meijer (69), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1988 » Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1988 » Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Ricky Berens, American swimmer
• 1989 » Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer
• 1989 » Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier
• 1990 » Aleksandar Prijović, Swiss-born Serbian footballer
• 1992 » Isco, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Joc Pederson, American baseball player
• 1992 » Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 » Mitchell Weiser, German footballer

• 2015 » Betsy von Furstenberg, German-American actress (b. 1931)
• 2015 » Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Indian politician, Governor of Assam (b. 1927)
• 2015 » John Moshoeu, South African footballer and manager (b. 1965)
• 2015 » M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1912)
• 2015 » Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1959)
• 2015 » Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, Canadian general (b. 1920)
• 2016 » Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1958)
• 2017 » Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (b. 1972)
• 2018 » Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest Japanese and Asian person ever, last verified person born in the 19th century (b. 1900)
• 2018 » Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969)

• 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 11 » North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
• May 12 » The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
• May 27 » Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
• June 5 » Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
• December 11 » New York City attempted bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.

The temperature on April 21, 2017 was between 8.2 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.