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• Norah van den Heuvel, Den Helder († 2006)

• Antonius Gerardus Maria (Toon) Damen (87), Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Apollonia Henrica Theodora Fles (84), Oegstgeest
• Apolonia Henrica Theodora Fles (84), Oegstgeest
• Aldert ( Albert , Alder ) Decker (98), Fulton, Whiteside Ill, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Marie Ghislain Robert Louis Meeus (92), Elsene / Ixelles, België
• Adrianus Petrus Maria van den Berg (75), Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Dick van Klompenburg (93), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Dagny Marie Sakariason (97), Bartlesville, Oklahoma
• Daryl Bruce Gemmer (83)
• Dirkje Vlieland (78), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1995 » Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
• 1995 » Yulia Belorukova, Russian cross-country skier
• 1996 » Aldo Kalulu, French footballer
• 1996 » Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer
• 1996 » Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
• 1997 » Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer
• 1998 » Borna Sosa, Croatian footballer
• 1999 » Rubina Ali, Indian actress
• 2003 » Natalie Garcia, rhythmic gymnast
• 2004 » Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, 2nd in line for the Norwegian throne

• 2002 » Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 2005 » John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)
• 2006 » Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
• 2009 » Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)
• 2010 » Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (b. 1953)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
7. Lars
8. Stijn
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jesse
12. Jan
13. Ruben
14. Niels
15. Sam
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.
• February 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
• April 17 » A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
• May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
• June 5 » Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
• August 22 » Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
• November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.

The temperature on January 21, 2006 was between 3.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.