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• Evertje Jans Wouda (104), Huizen
• Agnes Antonia ZEGGELINK (87), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Frances Theresa Sevic (83), Grand Rapids
• Cornelia Fok (74), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ferdinanda Reynders (85), Geel, België
• Bertha Boeve (61), Enschede
• Edward van Veldhuizen (80), Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa
• Anton Franz (Tony) Walterfang (65), Adelaide, SA, Australia
• Alfons J.E. van der Valk (64), Amsterdam
• Frances Theresa Sevic (83), Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Kent, Michigan, V.S

• 1989 » Josh Hodgson, English rugby league player
• 1989 » Warren Weir, Jamaican sprinter
• 1990 » JID, American rapper
• 1993 » Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician (Courage My Love)
• 1993 » Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer
• 1995 » Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player
• 1997 » Marcus Rashford, English footballer
• 1999 » Léa Serna, French figure skater
• 2000 » Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer
• 2005 » Leonor, Princess of Asturias

• 2003 » Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Amrita Pritam, Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920)
• 2006 » P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Peter Fryer, English journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Erdal İnönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1951)
• 2008 » Studs Terkel, American historian and author (b. 1912)
• 2009 » Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Daan
6. Lucas
7. Stijn
8. Lars
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jan
12. Jesse
13. Ruben
14. Niels
15. Miquel
16. Sam

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Maria
10. Arieanna
11. Anouk
12. Leonore
13. Lotte
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.
• May 13 » São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.
• 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.
• July 15 » Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
• July 17 » The 7.7 M_w  Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
• November 10 » The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.

The temperature on October 31, 2006 was between 8.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.