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• Hildred Styf (92), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Johanna Kemper (89), Den Helder
• Catharina Johanna Verburg (67), Zwartsluis
• Gloria Mason Faulds (86), Krugersdorp, Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika
• Jan Kornelis Stol (72), Zuidhorn
• Cornelis Gootjes (73), Nieuwegein, Nederland
• Georgette Josephine Oury (74), Tongeren, België
• Clarence Marvin Dykstra (91), Sanford Sheldon Medical Center, Sheldon, Iowa
• James Darrel 1920 Missouri USA Willis DNA999T- linked JAMES and FIRER March 2023 (97), Kuna, Ada County, Idaho, United States
• Donald Eugene Close (89), Pennsylvania, United States

• 1992 » Andrei Peteleu, Romanian footballer
• 1992 » Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
• 1992 » Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• 1992 » Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1992 » Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
• 1992 » Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Mario Jelavic, Croatian footballer
• 1995 » Liana Liberato, American television and film actress
• 1996 » Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1999 » Oregon Kaufusi, Australian rugby league player

• 2014 » Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)
• 2014 » B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
• 2014 » Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
• 2014 » Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
• 2014 » Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
• 2015 » Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (b. 1922)
• 2015 » Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1922)
• 2015 » Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (b. 1941)
• 2017 » Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 2018 » Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (b. 1923)

1. Tijs
2. Siem
3. Jan
4. Ties
5. Daan
6. Cil
7. Noah
8. Bram
9. Thomas
10. Sam
11. Jesse
12. Benjamin
13. Liam
14. Luuk
15. Albert
16. Luca

1. Emma
2. Anna
3. Louise
4. Sophie
5. Tess
6. Lynn
7. Nora
8. Liv
9. Eva-julie
10. Julia
11. Juliette
12. Mia
13. Mila
14. Charlotte
15. Nina
16. Emily

• 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.
• May 27 » Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
• May 31 » U.S. President Donald Trump tweets the word "covfefe" and quickly becomes a worldwide viral phenomenon.
• August 18 » The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
• October 27 » Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
• December 9 » The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
• December 22 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.

The temperature on August 20, 2017 was between 11.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.