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• Ibe Saerens, Gent
• Thijmen Knapen, Breda
• Sammi L. van Vliet
• Isa Suijkerlander

• Alberte Alice Jeanne Le Clercq (90), Uccle
• Bertus Teunis Dalm (88)
• Elisabeth Duivenvoorden (97), Dronten
• Alice Jeannette Keeler (92)
• Cornelia Catharina Bruijns (77), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie WALLAARD (78)
• Eduard August Verduyn Lunel (92), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Bult (71), Den Helder
• Elisabeth Omvlee (84), Emmen
• Barbara Bernadina (Babs) Kuhlmann (77), Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland

• 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
• 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
• 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
• 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
• 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
• 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
• 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater

• 2004 » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
• 2004 » Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2004 » Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
• 2005 » Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
• 2005 » William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)

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. 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 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
• May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
• July 5 » North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
• August 22 » Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
• August 23 » Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
• September 29 » A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.

The temperature on August 16, 2006 was between 12.6 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.