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• Nikkie Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Maria Trea Romkes († 2006)
• Spencer Vincent Todd **** († 2011)

• Dirkje Chardon (84), Vlaardingen
• Dirkje Krina Fokker (79), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk (Dick) Waasdorp (74), Vlissingen
• Elisabeth Levina Jacoba van Asbeck (79), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Ella Fasse (101), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa
• Arie Pieter Blokland (82), Arnhem
• Cornelis Jacob Verhoek (75), Zeist
• Eric Mouwen (45), Jungfrau (CH)
• Catharina Johanna Cornelia de Goede (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Eeke Schotanus (92), Burgum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1990 » Daveigh Chase, American actress
• 1991 » Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress
• 1991 » Manuel Fischnaller, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier
• 1992 » Mitch Grassi, American singer and songwriter
• 1994 » Alejandra Álvarez, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1994 » Phillip Lindsay, American football player
• 1995 » Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
• 1995 » Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player
• 2002 » Nicole Pircio, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

• 2001 » Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (b. 1913)
• 2007 » Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (b. 1923)
• 2008 » Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 2011 » Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
• 2011 » David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (b. 1961)
• 2011 » Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)
• 2011 » Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer (b. 1970)
• 2011 » Skip Thomas, American football player (b. 1950)

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

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Maria
10. Arieanna
11. Anouk
12. Leonore
13. Lotte
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.
• February 22 » At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
• March 7 » The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
• March 22 » Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
• August 11 » The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
• August 27 » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
• November 5 » Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.

The temperature on July 24, 2006 was between 14.4 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 22.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.