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• Jalou Vlietstra, Almelo
• Benjamin Geoffrey Hofman, Leongatha (Australie) († 2017)

• Bobby Joe Todd (76), Wichita Falls
• Catharina van der Nat (100), Lelystad
• Jantje Miggels
• Aaltje Krijgsveld (93), Hoogezand
• Johanna Cazemier (87), Aalsmeer
• Hendrik Bastiaan Schimmel (61), Groningen
• Arnold Hullegie (78), Hoogland
• Adriana Antonia van Teeffelen (95), Bussum
• Helen Theresa Broich (97), Remer, Cass, Minnesota
• Francois Andries Kense (78), Tilburg

• 1990 » Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
• 1991 » Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
• 1992 » Holly Earl, British actress
• 1992 » Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
• 1993 » Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
• 1993 » Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
• 1994 » Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
• 1994 » Can Aktav, Turkish football player

• 2013 » Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2014 » Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1931)
• 2014 » Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2014 » Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)
• 2014 » Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2015 » Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (b. 1926)
• 2015 » Tom Scott, American football player (b. 1930)
• 2018 » Carole Shelley, British-American actress (b. 1939)
• 2019 » Alec Holowka, Canadian game developer (b. 1983)
• 2019 » Anthoine Hubert, French racing driver (b. 1996)

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

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

• 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 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.
• July 10 » Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
• October 27 » Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
• 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.
• December 18 » Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.

The temperature on August 31, 2017 was between 9.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.