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• Bernardus Johannes Antonius Van Den Bruele (86), Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada)
• Aartje van Stormbroek (84), Putten
• Annechien Possel (79), Hoogezand, NL-GR
• Daniel David Hippoliet Cornelius Avereyn (80), Roeselare, 8800, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Cornelis Hendrikus Maria Snoeren (64), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alta Stamps Coffey [[K Pq]]3 (100)
• Cornelis Rippink (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Elizabeth de Visser (88), Delft
• Adriana Francisca KAPTEIJNS (84), Sint Michielsgestel
• Cornelis Hendrikus Maria Snoeren (64), Breda, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)

• 1985 » Eleanor Catton, Canadian-New Zealand author
• 1985 » Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter
• 1987 » Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer
• 1987 » Matthew Connolly, English footballer
• 1988 » Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015 titleholder
• 1991 » Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
• 1993 » Ben Platt, American actor
• 1997 » Tosin Adarabioyo, English Footballer

• 2002 » Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2003 » Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2006 » Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909)
• 2008 » Irene Dailey, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (b. 1918)
• 2008 » Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (b. 1975)

• 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 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
• June 21 » Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
• 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 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
• September 29 » A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
• October 2 » Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.

The temperature on September 24, 2006 was between 16.7 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.