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• Samantha Leah Verbeek, Lapeer, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2006)

• Alida Maria de Vent (70), Steggerda
• Anna Maria Verdonk (87), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Lesmeister (70), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisa NIJS (98), Liege, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Elva Auline Holifield (82)
• Froukje Oosting (78)
• Donald Louis (Goodie) Goodman (95), Ganges, British Columbia, Canada
• Albert Eelsing (87), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dieverdina Lentz (93), Thunderbay, Canada
• Bernardus Antonius Gerardus Morshuis (74), Borne,, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1990 » Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player
• 1990 » Hayle Ibrahimov, Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner
• 1990 » Nacho, Spanish footballer
• 1991 » Diego Simões, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
• 1993 » Sean Keenan, Australian actor
• 1994 » Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer
• 1995 » Bryce Alford, American basketball player
• 1998 » Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish footballer

• 2003 » Ed Farhat, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (b. 1907)
• 2005 » Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973)
• 2006 » Jan Twardowski, Polish priest and poet (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Brent Liles, American bass player (b. 1963)
• 2008 » Frank Lewin, American composer and theorist (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 2008 » John Stroger, American politician (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Tony Hart, English painter and television host (b. 1925)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Daan
6. Lucas
7. Stijn
8. Lars
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jesse
12. Jan
13. Ruben
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.
• February 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
• May 27 » The 6.4 M_w  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
• June 5 » Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
• July 11 » Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
• August 22 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
• November 11 » Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.

The temperature on January 18, 2006 was between -1.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.