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• Feline Elisabeth Boissevain, Haarlem
• Kaya Hatch Cooks († 2012)

• Atie Kamp (78), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eduard Etienne Eugéne Harry (Eddy) Lemaire (59), Rijswijk
• Elisabeth BAERT (90), Sint-Niklaas,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Cornelia de Jong (88)
• Edurard Arnold de Bats (75), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia de JONG (88), Urk (Flevoland)
• Allyn Dean Freese (81)
• Alida Helena Halverhout (93), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Ludovicus Schelfhout (75), Bornem
• Casper Mathias Oudendijk (91), Voorburg

• 1988 » Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
• 1988 » Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
• 1989 » Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer
• 1989 » Simone Battle, American singer and actress († 2014)
• 1990 » Jordan Henderson, English footballer
• 1990 » Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1994 » Amari Cooper, American football player
• 1995 » Clément Lenglet, French footballer

• 2001 » Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)
• 2004 » Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
• 2007 » Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
• 2007 » Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Darrell Powers, American sergeant (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)

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.
• January 22 » Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
• 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.
• December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
• December 11 » Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
• December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.
• December 30 » The Indonesian passenger ferry MVSenopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.

The temperature on June 17, 2006 was between 10.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.