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• Cornelia Holwerda (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Cécilie Blaffer (86)
• Alida Haring (75), Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands
• Cornelis van Lindenberg (78), Harderwijk (GLD) Nederland
• Cornelia Le Fevre (77), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Donald E Aukes (84), Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Dollie Todd (91)
• Anna Svoboda (94), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Keimpe Fokke SLottje (89), Lisse
• Carl Jacobs (73), Jette, A.Z. V.U.B., 1090, Brussels Hoofdst.Gewest, Belgium

• 1986 » Everth Cabrera, Nicaraguan baseball player
• 1987 » Craig Noone, English footballer
• 1987 » Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer
• 1987 » Justine Michelle Cain, English actress
• 1988 » Durratun Nashihin Rosli Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
• 1989 » Roman Zozulya, Ukrainian football striker
• 1989 » Ryan Griffin, American football player
• 1992 » Alex Sheedy, Australian basketball player
• 1992 » Danielle Kettlewell, Australian synchronised swimmer
• 1993 » Taylor Gold, American snowboarder

• 2003 » Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (b. 1962)
• 2004 » Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler and manager (b. 1970)
• 2005 » Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor and director (b. 1942)
• 2006 » Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Aarne Hermlin, Estonian chess player (b. 1940)
• 2008 » George Stephen Morrison, American admiral (b. 1919)
• 2008 » Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
7. Stijn
8. Lars
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. 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.
• February 16 » The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
• March 21 » The social media site Twitter is founded.
• April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
• June 21 » Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
• October 4 » WikiLeaks is launched.
• November 21 » Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.

The temperature on November 17, 2006 was between 9.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.