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• Jorrit Victor Hoek, Midlum, Friesland, Nederland

• Arie in't Veld (91), Klaaswaal
• ADRIANA WIJNHORST (73), SCHIEDAM
• Anna Aleida Mestemaker (93), Musselweg 25, Mussel
• Anita C Haas (88), Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Aloysia Antonia Janssen (91), Zeist
• Barbara Mestrom (84)
• Akke Terpstra (91), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Dicky Rombout (65), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis VAN MANEN (90), Glanerbrug
• Cornelia Anna van Klaveren (82), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
• 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
• 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
• 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
• 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
• 1990 » Toni Kroos, German footballer
• 1992 » Kris Bryant, American baseball player
• 1994 » Derrick Henry, American football player
• 1997 » Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player
• 1998 » Liza Soberano, Filipina actress

• 2005 » Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (b. 1946)
• 2005 » Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946)
• 2006 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970)
• 2007 » Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Steve Krantz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
7. Stijn
8. Lars
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jesse
12. Ruben
13. Jan
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.
• March 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
• March 14 » The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
• April 17 » A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
• October 15 » The 6.7 M_w Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
• October 22 » A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum.
• October 28 » A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for those Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.

The temperature on January 4, 2006 was between -0.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.