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• Aagje Hoep (75), Dronten, Nederland
• Elberta Maria Ligterink (67), Den Helder
• Adriana Johanna Brand (88), Voorburg
• Albert Marie Joseph Fifez (82), Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• * Gardina van Rijswijk (86), Schiedam
• Antonius Adrianus Henricus Groenen (72), Gilze en Rijen
• Clara Yavon Engelhardt (68), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Cornelis (Cor) Coset (81), Maasdriel
• Cornelis Frederikus Jan Hamster (40), Groningen
• Aaltje (Aly) Endstra (74), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• 1991 » Emma McDougall, English footballer († 2013)
• 1991 » Lex Luger, American keyboard player and producer
• 1993 » Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer
• 1994 » Marcus Smart, American basketball player
• 1994 » Nathan Redmond, English footballer
• 1994 » Wesley Hoedt, Dutch footballer
• 1995 » Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1996 » Christian Coleman, American sprinter
• 1996 » Timo Werner, German footballer
• 1996 » Tyrell Fuimaono, Australian rugby player

• 2006 » Anne Braden, American journalist and activist (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Kirby Puckett, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 2007 » Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (b. 1909)
• 2007 » Jean Baudrillard, French photographer and theorist (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
• 2009 » Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1964)
• 2010 » Betty Millard, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1911)
• 2010 » Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
• 2010 » Mark Linkous, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1962)
• 2012 » Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Lucas
3. Thijs
4. Jesse
5. Daan
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Levi
9. Tobias
10. Jan
11. Tim
12. Lars
13. Luuk
14. Mitchel
15. Jayden
16. Sem

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Noor
9. Anne
10. Sanne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Isa
14. Delphine
15. Evi
16. Lotte

• 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 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 16.5 million citizens.
• January 15 » US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
• January 29 » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
• March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
• March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
• April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
• July 5 » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.

The temperature on March 6, 2009 was between 2.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.