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• Marina Martin Tenllado Pinilla, Malaga, Spanje
• Sophia Grace Stob, Grand Rapids

• Barbara Ann Low (66), Deerfield (Franklin County) (Massachusetts)
• Anna Marie van Ijzendoorn (86)
• Albert Moes (94), Hoogeveen
• Alberta Hendrika Willems (85), Druten
• Bernice Lillian Schulte (74), Baldwin, Lake, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Janna van Duijvenbode (85), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Astrid Brand (11)
• Aaltje Bos (89), Oosterhesselen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Caril Vanden Berg (75), Saint Marys Medical Center, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States
• Anna Carbo (94)

• 1991 » Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
• 1992 » Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
• 1992 » Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
• 1993 » Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
• 1993 » Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Nick Powell, English footballer
• 1995 » Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
• 1995 » Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
• 1996 » Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver

• 2003 » Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-English flute player and journalist (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Rupert Hamer, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
• 2006 » David B. Bleak, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Desmond Doss, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Eric Medlen, American race car driver (b. 1973)
• 2007 » Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1934)
• 2008 » Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (b. 1940)
• 2009 » Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Raúl Macías, Mexican boxer and trainer (b. 1934)

• 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.
• May 18 » The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
• May 27 » The 6.4 M_w  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
• July 4 » Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
• August 20 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
• August 27 » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
• December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

The temperature on March 23, 2006 was between -3.6 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.