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• Geertruida Adolphina Elisabeth Krabben (57), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Petertje den Hartog (86)
• Donald A Holstege (54), Grand Haven Michigan ( Usa)
• Ethel Jean Hussey Cline (73), St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana
• Adriana van Thiel (73)
• Antonius Johannes Bomers (72), Rotterdam
• Anna Christina Josephina Sanou (93), Noordwijkerhout
• Berend Seinen (72), Hollandscheveld, Gem. Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Helena Hendrickx (85), Roosendaal
• Geertruida Jacoba Harteveld Roeleveld (90)

• 1988 » Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 1989 » Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer
• 1989 » Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer
• 1989 » Hayden Panettiere, American actress
• 1989 » James Davey, English rugby league player
• 1989 » Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet
• 1991 » Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver
• 2000 » Kate Valdez, Filipina actress and singer

• 2004 » Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957)
• 2005 » Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat ratna awardi (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)
• 2007 » Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Siobhan Dowd, British author (b. 1960)
• 2008 » Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (b. 1969)

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.
• January 12 » A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
• 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.
• August 20 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
• September 17 » An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
• November 15 » Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
• December 11 » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.

The temperature on August 21, 2006 was between 12.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.