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• Maurice Johannes Willem Bomans, deventer

• Arien Breunis (83), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Kloosterman (93), Kollumerzwaag
• G.E. Elshof (94)
• Dorothy NN
• Azalia K. Detrick (87), Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Adrianus Engelbertus Josephus Vermeer (71), Loon op Zand
• Emory Eugene Davis (66)
• Anna Hendrika Magdalena van Uhm (94), Nijmegen
• Gerard Baars (86), Oisterwijk
• Anna Paulusma (89)

• 1986 » Doug Legursky, American football player
• 1987 » Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver
• 1988 » Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman
• 1988 » Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer
• 1989 » Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer
• 1990 » Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier
• 1992 » Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
• 1992 » Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 » George Jennings, Australian rugby league player

• 2004 » Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist, co-founded J-FLAG (b. 1945)
• 2004 » Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Drafi Deutscher, German singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2007 » Frankie Abernathy, American purse designer, cast-member on The Real World: San Diego (b. 1981)
• 2008 » Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (b. 1931)
• 2008 » Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (b. 1919)
• 2009 » Dick May, American race car driver (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Ken Brown, British Guitarist who was a member of The Quarrymen (b. 1940)
• 2011 » M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (b. 1915)
• 2011 » Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)

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.
• March 21 » The social media site Twitter is founded.
• June 3 » The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
• June 29 » Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• July 4 » Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
• August 24 » The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
• November 15 » Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.

The temperature on June 9, 2006 was between 9.4 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.