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• Alberta Maria Klara Waijenberg (92), Berwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australie
• Henrica Gerdina van Lissum (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bert Bomhof (84)
• Gardina Catharina Maria Hermeler (94), Baarn
• Bernardus Hubertus van der Biesen (93), Susteren, Nederland
• Cornelis (Cees) Van Swieten (61), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Albert SNIJDER (84)
• Annetje de Snaijer (92), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Jan Geitz (92), Emmen
• Gerrit Arie (Gerrit) Konijnendijk (81)

• 1988 » Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion
• 1991 » Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1992 » Son Heung-min, Korean footballer
• 1992 » Xander Mobus, American voice actor
• 1997 » Bryce Love, American football player
• 1997 » Lauran Hibberd, English singer-songwriter
• 1998 » Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper

• 2014 » Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
• 2014 » Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945)
• 2014 » John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2014 » Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 2015 » James Tate, American poet (b. 1943)
• 2015 » Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
• 2016 » Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2018 » Tab Hunter, American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (b. 1931)
• 2020 » Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (b. 1987)

• 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.
• March 22 » A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
• April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
• 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.
• December 22 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.

The temperature on July 8, 2017 was between 11.3 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.