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• Maria Antoinette Spiering, Capelle aan den IJssel

• Carl William McLaughlin (83), Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• van de Veerdonk (63), Wamel
• Alida Margaretha Baudrie (93), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldina Petronella Sophia Daanen (93), Beekbergen
• Aart Leendert Wesdorp (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• A.P.A. (Fons) Teurlings (80), Waalwijk
• Altair Simões (75), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arend Dik (79)
• Annie van de Veerdonk (63), Wamel
• * Jan Pieter de Leeuw (80), Schoonrewoerd

• 1988 » Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
• 1988 » Christen Press, American footballer
• 1988 » Eric Berry, American football player
• 1989 » Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
• 1993 » Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1993 » Travis Head, Australian cricketer
• 1995 » Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
• 1996 » Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer (Twice)
• 1997 » Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
• 2000 » Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

• 2000 » Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
• 2003 » Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
• 2008 » Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
• 2009 » Steven Williams, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
• 2010 » Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2012 » Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)

• 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 12 » A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
• February 17 » A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
• March 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
• August 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
• 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.
• December 30 » The Indonesian passenger ferry MVSenopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.

The temperature on December 29, 2006 was between 4.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.