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• Annechien Nijborg (94), Assen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• An (Joanna Paulina) Smits (86), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien NIJBORG (94), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Stolze (63), De Lier, Nederland
• Carine Leemans
• Aaltje Klazina van der Velden (71)
• Annie Denissen (63), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Looijestijn (76), Noordwijkerhout
• Albert (Ab) ZWIERS (86), Hardenberg (NL/OV)
• David Lynn Loerts (39), Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa

• 1990 » Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
• 1990 » Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
• 1991 » Miriam Bryant, Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Tom English, Australian rugby player
• 1992 » Uki Satake, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host
• 1994 » Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer
• 1994 » Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer († 2014)
• 1994 » Pablo Dyego, Brazilian footballer
• 1996 » Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
• 1998 » Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter

• 2001 » Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
• 2003 » Adam Faith, English singer (b. 1940)
• 2003 » Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
• 2004 » Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)
• 2005 » Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)
• 2005 » César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2007 » John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
• 2007 » John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)
• 2009 » Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 2009 » Zbigniew Religa, Polish surgeon and politician, Polish Minister of Health (b. 1938)

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 17 » A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
• April 11 » Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
• May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
• June 21 » Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
• October 22 » A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum.
• 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 March 8, 2006 was between 1.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 19.0 mm of rain during 13.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.