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• Jesse Sybom, Wilp
• Ruben Sybom, Wilp

• Anne Marie Kelley (60), Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Franciscus van Loon (74), Hoogerheide
• Doris Mary Glud (87), Hiller²d Amtssygehus
• Antonij Hudepohl (86), Slagharen
• Frederika van der Kolk (87), Raalte,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria de Graaf (88), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis (Kees) Helmons (51), Lepelstraat, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Brok (80), Drunen
• Agnete Carla Peterson (86), Canada
• Elizabeth Gray Underwood (91), Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina

• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
• 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
• 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer

• 2003 » Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
• 2004 » François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 2007 » Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (b. 1950)
• 2008 » Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)
• 2011 » José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2012 » Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2012 » Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)

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 22 » At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
• March 21 » The social media site Twitter is founded.
• June 26 » Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
• July 6 » The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
• December 6 » NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
• December 11 » Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.

The temperature on August 2, 2006 was between 13.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.