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• Cornelis Jacobus van de Vaart (91)
• Cornelis Jacobus van der Vaart (91), Zevenhoven
• Cornelia Maria Peterse (94), Houten
• Bruno Antonio Caloi (80), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• 2.1.3. Allegonda Cornelia Maria (Gon) van Haaster (74)
• Cornelis Rossenaar (92), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cor Hubers (78)
• Aaltje de Ronde (85)
• Christiaan Henri Gorter (88)
• Christina Henrica Joanna Nollen (85)

• 1991 » Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Sirje Roops, Estonian footballer
• 1993 » Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver
• 1993 » Michy Batshuayi, Belgian footballer
• 1994 » Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1995 » Te Maire Martin, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
• 1996 » Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress
• 2002 » Jacob Sartorius, American singer

• 2003 » John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 » August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Christopher Derrick, English author and critic (b. 1921)
• 2007 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1902)
• 2007 » George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954)
• 2007 » Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)

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

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Arieanna
10. Maria
11. Anouk
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.
• March 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
• March 20 » Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby.
• May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
• August 22 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
• August 23 » Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
• September 17 » Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.

The temperature on October 2, 2006 was between 12.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 22.9 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.