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• Senne Petrus Claudia Martinus Ververgaert, Venlo,5900,Limburg,Nederland
• Quinten Hoogland

• Frederick David Shimmell (57), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (USA)
• Dena J Krull (102), Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa
• Gerrit Lammert Vunderink (81), Ermelo
• Arthur Ernest Sr Haines (90), unbekannt
• Hendrik Roelfs (72), Musselkanaal
• Hiram Edwin McQueen (83), Wolcott, Wayne County, New York
• Egbert Riemers VISSIA (71), Enschede Overijssel Netherlands
• Geertrui de Boo (76), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carla Johanna van der Sluijs (90), Velp
• Foppe Catrinus Bouma (63)

• 1991 » Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1991 » Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 » Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
• 1992 » Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
• 1993 » IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1993 » Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1993 » Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
• 1996 » Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

• 2002 » Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2003 » Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
• 2008 » Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
• 2010 » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
• 2011 » Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 » Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
• 2011 » Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)

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

1. Ariane
2. Lisa
3. Emma
4. Lynn
5. Lotte
6. Eva
7. Anna
8. Tessa
9. Sophie
10. Anne
11. Roxanna
12. Isa
13. Sanne
14. Charlotte
15. Amber
16. Cathelijne

• 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 1 » Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia killing all 102 people on board.
• June 26 » Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
• September 12 » Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
• September 18 » Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
• November 23 » MSExplorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
• December 20 » Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.

The temperature on May 16, 2007 was between 8.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.