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• Michelle Dawn Vermaat, Indianapolis, INdiana (USA) († 2018)

• Gerlof Willems de Jong (83), Calgary, AB, Canada
• Gustaaf Scheelen (89), Linde Peer, Limburg, België
• Darlene Higgins (90), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Hendrica Hubertina Jacobs (96), Venlo, Nederland
• Grada Judith Johanna Knipping (90)
• Adriana de Peinder (95), Barneveld, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Cornelis Hendrikus van der Voort (79)
• Gijsbert Verdoes (87), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Donald Angus Burrell (81), Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Hendrika Elisabeth Hoekert (72), Emmeloord (NOP), Overijssel, Nederland

• 1991 » Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
• 1992 » Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
• 1992 » Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
• 1992 » Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
• 1993 » Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
• 1994 » Bobby Andonov, Australian singer
• 1994 » Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer († 2015)
• 1994 » Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
• 1995 » Joshua Kalu, American football player
• 2003 » Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress

• 2013 » John Bellany, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1942)
• 2014 » Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
• 2014 » Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
• 2014 » John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
• 2015 » Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2015 » Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
• 2015 » Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (b. 1937)
• 2016 » Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2016 » Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
• 2017 » Mireille Darc, French actress and model (b. 1938)

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.
• April 6 » U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
• April 9 » The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 9 » The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.

The temperature on August 28, 2017 was between 10.6 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.