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• Åse Gundersen (81), Tromsø, Norway
• Berend Brand (66), Hengelo
• Betty-Jean Sands (82), Los Angeles (USA)
• Alexander Benjamin Jannink (95), Enschede
• Antonia Anna Hülters (70)
• Adrianus de Kwaadsteniet (89), Rotterdam
• Anna KEMPEN (83), Spijkenisse
• "Anne-Marie" Fidès Mélanie Andrée de Malvin de Montazet (95), Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France
• Baukje Jilles Jasper (95), Sneek
• Aletta Harberdina Sonneveld (66)

• 1988 » Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
• 1989 » Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer
• 1989 » Blaine Gabbert, American football player
• 1989 » Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
• 1990 » Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1994 » Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
• 1995 » Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
• 1996 » Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
• 1996 » Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
• 1999 » Bailee Madison, American actress

• 2003 » Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
• 2005 » Matti Wuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
• 2008 » Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939)
• 2010 » Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)

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.
• August 31 » Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
• October 4 » WikiLeaks is launched.
• October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
• October 28 » A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for those Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
• December 11 » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
• December 30 » Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

The temperature on October 15, 2006 was between 6.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.