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• Renze Robert Edelbroek, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• Alida Catharina van Rossenberg (96), Ter Aar
• Elisabeth Hendrina Koenders (70), Nijmegen, Nederland
• van Driel (93), Bierum
• Alie Meilink (70), Castricum
• Cornelis Roeleveld (76), Scheveningen
• Agatha Margaretha Jorna (76), Almelo
• Cornelis KAPTEIJN (84), Leiden
• Angenietje Visser (97), Lemmer
• Cornelia Geziena Hermina van der Woning (86), Hengelo
• Albert Petrus Van den Dorpel (89), Antwerpen

• 1991 » Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer
• 1992 » Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer
• 1992 » Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer
• 1993 » Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
• 1994 » Mads Würtz Schmidt, Danish road cyclist
• 1994 » Samira Asghari, Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee
• 1994 » Tyler Wright, Australian surfer
• 1995 » Fiona Brown, footballer
• 1998 » Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
• 1999 » Japhet Tanganga, English footballer

• 2003 » Anne Gwynne, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Scott Helvenston, American soldier (b. 1965)
• 2005 » Frank Perdue, American businessman (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 2005 » Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (b. 1951)
• 2006 » Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1911)

• 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 1 » English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
• April 1 » Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.
• May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
• November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
• November 21 » Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
• December 6 » NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

The temperature on March 31, 2006 was between 9.9 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.