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• Demi Meenhorst, meppel

• Bernardus Petrus Maria van Engelen (60), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Bakker
• Cornelis van Stenis (78)
• Effie Mae Saunders (77), Morganton, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Anna (Goitzens) Eenling (90), Burgum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jongepier (93), Vlissingen
• Albertus Johannes Collet (74), Enschede, Prov.Overijssel, Niederlande
• Cornelis Hoogeveen (82), Sassenheim
• Anna Eenling (90), Bergum Nederland
• Cornelis Van Stenis (78)

• 1990 » Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Marcus Butler, English internet celebrity
• 1992 » Bridgit Mendler, American singer, songwriter and actress
• 1992 » Ryan Crouser, American shot putter
• 1993 » Ana Porgras, Romanian former artistic gymnast
• 1993 » Byron Buxton, American baseball player
• 1993 » Thomas Lam, Finnish professional football defender
• 1994 » Gerard Gumbau, Spanish professional footballer
• 1994 » Natália Kelly, American-Austrian singer
• 2001 » Billie Eilish, American singer

• 2004 » Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2005 » Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Ruth Bernhard, German-American photographer (b. 1905)
• 2006 » Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author and activist (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Alan Wagner, American businessman and critic (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Gerald Le Dain, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Hans Billian, Polish-German actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 2007 » William Strauss, American author and playwright (b. 1947)
• 2008 » Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (b. 1932)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
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. 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 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
• April 14 » Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in Jama Masjid, Delhi injure 13 people.
• June 29 » Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• July 31 » Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
• August 27 » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
• November 5 » Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.

The temperature on December 18, 2006 was between -1.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.