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• Driss Dorst
• Lewin Baz Haug († 2006)
• Thirza Jasmine WEIJ († 2006)

• Clasina Antonia Emmen (81), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Bareld Fictorie (84), Eijsden, Limburg, Nederland
• Caroline Marie Harkabus (79), St. Vincent Chanty Hospital, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
• Els Neus (31), Gijzegem,9308,Oost Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België
• Bernard Vuatrin (86), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
• Alex Lind (83), Stokmarknes, Hadsel, Vesterålen, Nordland, Norge
• Edward John Roghair (73), Sibley, Osceola CountyIowa, VS
• Anna Hubertine Tupker (86), `s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Meijer (93), Hamont-Achel, Limburg, België
• George FELLOWS (77), Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England

• 1988 » Jucilei, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 » Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
• 1990 » Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer
• 1990 » Charlie McDermott, American actor
• 1990 » Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Julie Ertz, American soccer player
• 1992 » Ken, South Korean singer
• 1994 » Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor
• 1995 » Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
• 1998 » Peyton List, American actress and model

• 2003 » Anita Borg, American computer scientist and educator; founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (b. 1949)
• 2003 » David Bloom, American journalist (b. 1963)
• 2003 » Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1977)
• 2006 » Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor and director (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (b. 1916)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
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. Maria
11. Anouk
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.
• January 4 » Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke.
• July 9 » One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
• August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
• August 20 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
• November 5 » Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.
• December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

The temperature on April 6, 2006 was between 0.6 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.