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• Machteld Fentener van Vlissingen (61), 's-Gravenhage
• Edward Martin Verburgt (95), Corpus Christi, Texas
• Cornelis Jan Slegtenhorst (83), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Johan Klem (95), Doetinchem, The Netherlands
• Emily Gine Christina Troost (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Edward Martin Verburgt (95), Corpus Christi, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Bram Bogaert, Merelbeke
• Henderika Maria Westerveld (91), Hardenberg
• Johannes Vinken (58)
• Bernhard Klaas (79)

• 1986 » Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
• 1987 » Juan Joseph, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1988 » Danielle Savre, American actress
• 1988 » Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1988 » Evan Ross, American actor
• 1988 » Lars Stindl, German football player
• 1988 » Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » James Harden, American basketball player
• 1990 » Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
• 1991 » Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier

• 2014 » Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960)
• 2014 » Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (b. 1954)
• 2014 » Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950)
• 2015 » Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911)
• 2015 » Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
• 2015 » Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (b. 1935)
• 2015 » P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (b. 1931)
• 2015 » Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (b. 1952)
• 2017 » Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943)
• 2018 » Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927)

1. Louis
2. Gijs
3. Lucas
4. Jan
5. Jacob
6. Noah
7. Sem
8. Thomas
9. Milan
10. Cornelis
11. Arthur
12. Max
13. Bram
14. Tygo
15. Liam
16. James

1. Julia
2. Emma
3. Ada
4. Eva
5. Olivia
6. Sophie
7. Anna
8. Saar
9. Fleur
10. Mila
11. Isa
12. Elizabeth
13. Lauren
14. Nora
15. Tessa
16. Maria

• 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 Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.2 million citizens.
• January 23 » A 7.9 M_w  earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
• March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
• April 23 » A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
• May 25 » Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
• September 28 » The 7.5 M_w 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
• October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

The temperature on August 26, 2018 was between 7.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.