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• Tristan Kroeskop († 2006)

• Arie Bol (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Droog (65)
• Dina Wilhelmina van der Gaag (82), 's-Gravenzande
• Doris Chuck (65)
• Desmond Cecil Brewer (70), New Zealand
• Adriaan Pieter de MEER (74), Dordrecht
• Catherine Power APOW03.CAT01XS (86), Trafford, Cheshire, England
• Dinie Kalmans (58), Groesbeek
• Bernice Debyl (89), Tonet WI (USA)
• Aaltje Hengeveld (88)

• 1991 » Rhys Bennett, English footballer
• 1992 » Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter
• 1992 » Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer
• 1994 » Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player
• 1994 » Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016
• 1995 » Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1996 » Zendaya, American actress and singer
• 1997 » Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer

• 2004 » Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938)
• 2005 » R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1944)
• 2006 » György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1910)
• 2006 » Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (b. 1934)
• 2007 » Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
• 2008 » Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (b. 1914)

• 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.
• 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 21 » The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
• June 3 » The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
• August 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
• November 8 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.

The temperature on September 1, 2006 was between 13.8 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.