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• Anthonia Anna Maria Stam (90), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• A C Dolf Oling (89), Groningen
• Aaldert Snippe (84)
• Evert Adam Kramer (88)
• Anske Postma (84), Widum
• Ardjoena Herrebrugh (89)
• Alice Elaine McFetridge (75), Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Luttjeboer (81), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Boy Léan Moes (23), Harderwijk
• Catharina Wilhelmina de Backer (85), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1991 » Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer
• 1993 » Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
• 1993 » Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
• 1994 » Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer
• 1994 » Rezar, Albanian professional wrestler
• 1995 » Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player
• 1995 » Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer
• 2000 » Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player

• 2003 » Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916)
• 2003 » Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
• 2004 » Jacques Miquelon, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
• 2004 » Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906)
• 2008 » Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian soldier and author (b. 1921)
• 2010 » Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
• 2010 » Maureen Forrester, Canadian singer and academic (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Ronald Neame, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 2011 » Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938)

• 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 27 » Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
• May 21 » The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
• August 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
• August 20 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
• 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.

The temperature on June 16, 2006 was between 11.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.