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• Johannes Luca (Luca) Nies, Hardenberg († 2006)
• Yodaan Johannes Petrus van BRUGGEN, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Dekkenga (71), Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
• Cor Anton Nahuijsen (81), Ellecom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Attema (87), Hull, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Franciscus Gerardus van Rijsbergen (77), Zoetermeer (Zoetermeer) (Zuid-Holland)
• Bernardus Pluijmers (89), Lewedorp ZL
• Blanche Catherine Hansen (92), Monticello, Wright Co., MN
• Charlie Tull Kittrell D.D. <K BdObBu>2 "Charlie" (76), Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
• Adriana Johanna Seijkens (92), Wijchen
• Aletta Maria Boerman (86), Rotterdam
• Elmer Bajema (95), Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1984 » Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
• 1984 » Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
• 1985 » Jordy Nelson, American football player
• 1986 » Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
• 1989 » Marco Reus, German footballer
• 1990 » Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1992 » Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
• 1992 » Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1996 » Normani Korde, American singer
• 1998 » Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver

• 2002 » Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1954)
• 2004 » Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)
• 2006 » Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (b. 1933)
• 2006 » Raymond Davis, Jr., American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
• 2009 » Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (b. 1927)
• 2009 » George Tiller, American physician (b. 1941)
• 2010 » Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (b. 1933)
• 2010 » Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (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.
• March 7 » The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
• May 5 » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
• July 12 » The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
• September 19 » The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
• 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.

The temperature on May 31, 2006 was between 7.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.