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• ADRIANUS MOSTERT (85), HOEK VAN HOLLAND (GEMEENTE ROTTERDAM)
• Abraham Schippers (99), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jacobs (79)
• Annejet Gerda Pauline de Jong (0)
• Cornelia C.E. van Swinderen (68), Hoorn
• Anna Petronella Goris (81), Breda N.B
• Albertus BRATT (86), Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Avelardo Duran (78)
• Alphonsius Gerhardus Maria Christenhusz (74)
• Coba Janssen (85), Panningen

• 1986 » Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Robert DeLong, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Cristian Tănase, Romanian footballer
• 1988 » Changmin, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1990 » Cody Hodgson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Didi Gregorius, Dutch baseball player
• 1991 » Henry Surtees, English race car driver († 2009)
• 1991 » Sebastian Neumann, German footballer
• 1994 » J-Hope, South Korean rapper, dancer, singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Jake Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player

• 2001 » Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Dale Earnhardt, American stock car racer and team owner (b. 1951)
• 2001 » Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Isser Harel, Belarusian-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Bill Cowsill, American singer and guitarist (b. 1948)
• 2008 » Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Miika Tenkula, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1974)
• 2009 » Tayeb Salih, Sudanese journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2010 » John Babcock, Canadian soldier (b. 1900)
• 2012 » George Brizan, Grenadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1942)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
7. Stijn
8. Lars
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jesse
12. Ruben
13. Jan
14. Sam
15. Niels
16. Miquel

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Arieanna
10. Anouk
11. Maria
12. Lotte
13. Leonore
14. Anne
15. Iris
16. Eva

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 16 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
• March 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
• May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
• July 4 » Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
• July 17 » The 7.7 M_w  Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
• December 28 » War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

The temperature on February 18, 2006 was between 0.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.