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• Tine VISSERS, Wilrijk, 2610, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 2006)

• Bob van den Berg (76), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derk Hiltjo van Gorkom (63), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus RIBBENS (94), Zottegem
• Aart Cornelis Broekhuizen (75)
• Darrow E CUNNINGTON (97), Harlowtown, Wheatland, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna Maria van den Hout (82), Breda
• Dora Tea Johanna Meijer (90), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Edward F. Morlot (80), Greenwich, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Christ Gielen
• Dingena Francisca Loogman (84), Amstelveen

• 1988 » Esther Cremer, German runner
• 1988 » Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer
• 1989 » James Tomkins, English footballer
• 1990 » Carlos Peña, Mexican footballer
• 1990 » Lyle Taylor, English footballer
• 1990 » Teemu Pukki, Finnish footballer
• 1991 » Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Irene, South Korean idol, actress and television host
• 1991 » N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
• 1993 » Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer

• 2001 » Helge Ingstad, Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
• 2001 » John Lewis, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
• 2004 » Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero (b. 1905)
• 2005 » Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author and poet (b. 1932)
• 2007 » Larry L'Estrange, English rugby player and soldier (b. 1934)
• 2009 » Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975)
• 2009 » Vladimir Fedotov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1943)

• 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 12 » Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
• July 31 » Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
• September 19 » The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
• October 4 » WikiLeaks is launched.
• November 5 » Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.
• November 15 » Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.

The temperature on March 29, 2006 was between 6.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.