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• Edwin Jacobus Petrus Velders (49), Voorburg,Gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Edwin Jacobus Petrus Velders (49), Voorburg
• Alberta Theresia Streppel (104), Klarenbeek
• Karin Larivelt (68), Enkhuizen, Gemeente Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Oling Jacobsma (87), Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• David Luijendijk (89), Rotterdam
• Geesje Middel (73), Emmen, Nederland
• Henderika Tiggelaar (78), Scheemda
• Brent J VAN DYK (54), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Eunice De Castro Nogueira (78), Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

• 1988 » Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
• 1988 » Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
• 1989 » Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete († 2013)
• 1989 » Sebastian Huke, German footballer
• 1990 » Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
• 1991 » Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
• 1994 » Joseph Barbato, French footballer
• 1994 » Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer

• 2014 » Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)
• 2014 » Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
• 2014 » Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
• 2015 » Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 2015 » Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
• 2015 » Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
• 2017 » Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)
• 2017 » Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
• 2018 » V S Naipaul, British writer (b. 1932)
• 2019 » Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)

• 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 21 » Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
• July 28 » Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
• October 1 » An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
• October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
• December 9 » The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
• 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 August 11, 2017 was between 12.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.