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• Bryan de Vries († 2006)

• Albertje Ubels (86)
• Co van de Kleut (51), Zeist
• Ethel Imogene Prince (81), Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
• Albertje Ubels (86), Emmen
• Douwe Gazendam (36), Pretoria, Gauteng
• Adriana Arina Flach (92)
• Adriana Anna Flach (92)
• Christie M Roberts (89), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Hendrika Geerdink (84), Ruurlo (gem. Berkelland)
• Aloysia Bernadina Maria Anink (93), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1990 » Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor
• 1991 » Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
• 1992 » George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
• 1992 » Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
• 1994 » Brandon Larracuente, American actor
• 1994 » Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese football player
• 1995 » Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist
• 1999 » A.G.Rhithwik
• 2006 » Mason Ramsey, American singer-songwriter

• 2005 » Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host and producer (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
• 2007 » Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)
• 2007 » Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 2007 » Vernon Scannell, English boxer, poet, and author (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Jan Krugier; Polish-Swiss art dealer (b. 1928)

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

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Arieanna
10. Maria
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.
• April 8 » Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.
• June 18 » The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
• September 17 » An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
• September 17 » Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
• October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
• December 18 » United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.

The temperature on November 16, 2006 was between 11.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.