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• Tycho van der Horst

• Adriana Jacoba Steehouwer (89)
• Allen Dykstra
• Cornelia Anna Maria Zaal (75), Helmond
• Paardekam (76), Brasschaat, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Alida van den Berg (81), Noordwijk
• Benjamin Francis Kittrell <K USS-SSDI>1 (93)
• Arie Jan Schonewille (73)
• Bertha Festraets (93), Tongeren, België
• Arie Jan Schonewille (73), Alphen aan de Rijn
• "Carl" Maclean (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1987 » Chris Knierim, American figure skater
• 1987 » Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1987 » O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
• 1988 » Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
• 1989 » Andrew Boyce, English footballer
• 1991 » Flume, Australian DJ and producer
• 1991 » Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1992 » Marco Verratti, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Odell Beckham Jr., American football player
• 1993 » Hideya Tawada, Japanese actor and model

• 2003 » Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2004 » Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)
• 2005 » John Fowles, English novelist (b. 1926)
• 2005 » Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Félix Luna, Argentinian lawyer, historian, and academic (b. 1925)
• 2010 » Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1943)
• 2010 » Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (b. 1944)

• 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.
• March 21 » The social media site Twitter is founded.
• March 25 » Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
• May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
• August 22 » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
• October 22 » A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum.
• November 11 » Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.

The temperature on November 5, 2006 was between 10.0 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.