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• Egbertha van Engen (100), Drachten
• Carla Maria Joosse (46), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Agnes Helena Pagens (79), Echt, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Kavelaars (94), Dongen
• Donald J Bruhn (77), Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
• Alice Elizabeth BLEWITT (DANIELS) (82), Brynsiencyn
• Antonie van der Bijl (50), Amsterdam
• Elisabeth Françoise louise Gaeremynck (90), Stekene
• Anna (Anni*) Herden (76), Stadtlohn
• Dale Carl Schlichting (80), Brookings Curry County Oregon, Verenigde Staten

• 1989 » Cally-Jo, English fine artist and tattoo artist
• 1989 » Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014
• 1990 » Abby Mavers, English actress
• 1990 » Luhan, Chinese singer and actor
• 1992 » Kristian Álvarez, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Marko Meerits, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Damian McKenzie, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1995 » Jean Marie Dongou, Cameroonian footballer
• 1997 » Alexander "Sascha" Zverev, German tennis player
• 1998 » Zachary Claman DeMelo, Canadian racing driver

• 2001 » Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
• 2002 » Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
• 2004 » Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Fumio Niwa, Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 2007 » Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
• 2008 » Monica Lovinescu, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (b. 1912)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Daan
6. Lucas
7. Lars
8. Stijn
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jan
12. Jesse
13. Ruben
14. Niels
15. Miquel
16. Gerrit

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Arieanna
10. Maria
11. Anouk
12. Leonore
13. Lotte
14. Anne
15. Iris
16. Eva

• 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 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
• May 18 » The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
• July 12 » The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
• August 25 » Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
• September 17 » Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
• December 29 » The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

The temperature on April 20, 2006 was between 6.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.