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• Lieke van Es, Meerkerk (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Anthonius Simmerman (81), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Nijboer (71), Hengelo
• Arie BRAS (93), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Anna Maria Paulina Joris (79), Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Gerardus Adrianus van den Burg (69), Jachthaven den Osse
• Elisabeth Rosalia Petronella Maria Schoen (80), Breda
• Dennis Collins Ford (70), West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Petersen (97), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Edna Mae Heemstra (73)
• Cor Geffen van (82), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland

• 1987 » Asami Konno, Japanese singer
• 1987 » Mark Reynolds, Scottish footballer
• 1987 » Michael Maidens, English footballer († 2007)
• 1988 » Eino Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1988 » Sander Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1989 » Earl Thomas, American football player
• 1995 » Seko Fofana, French born Ivorian international footballer
• 1997 » Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
• 1998 » Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1998 » Maryna Piddubna, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer

• 2004 » Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
• 2005 » Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
• 2006 » Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
• 2007 » Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (b. 1958)
• 2007 » Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935)

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

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Arieanna
10. Maria
11. Anouk
12. Lotte
13. Leonore
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.
• April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
• May 5 » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
• June 18 » The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
• August 31 » Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
• October 22 » A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum.
• November 15 » Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.

The temperature on May 7, 2006 was between 11.5 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.