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• Evan LAMBOTTE, Braine-L'alleud, 1420, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 2006)

• Cornelia Adriana Elisabeth Wirken (78), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Buwalda Hoekstra (87), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Alvin Dean Scholten (73), Valley Springs Minnehaha Sth Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van Beelen (74), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Hendrik de Gruijter (75), Tiel
• Antje Willempje Burggraaf (86), Leiden
• Arendina Bakker (88), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria RIBBENS (82), Zandhoven
• Anne Le Mercier de Maisoncelle-Vertille de Richemont (82)
• Alvin Peter van Dyke (84), Iowa

• 1988 » Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 » Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 » Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
• 1989 » Steve Smith, Australian cricketer
• 1990 » Jack Lowden, Scottish actor
• 1992 » Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
• 1993 » Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
• 1994 » Mike Grzesiek, Esports player and streamer
• 1999 » Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player
• 2000 » Lilimar Hernandez, Venezuelan actress

• 2005 » Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (b. 1950)
• 2006 » Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (b. 1952)
• 2007 » Huang Ju, Chinese engineer and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1938)
• 2007 » Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949)
• 2008 » Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
• 2008 » Cevher Özden, Turkish banker and businessman (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Mel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1917)

• 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 8 » Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.
• May 5 » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
• May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
• August 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
• September 17 » Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
• November 27 » The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.

The temperature on June 2, 2006 was between 5.8 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.