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• Dina Schreijer (85), St Isidorushoeve
• Annie Oosthof (65), Heerlen
• Egbertus Oomen (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje Laverman (64), Wierden, Overijsel
• Berendina Geertruida Schreijer (85), Haaksbergen
• Cornelia van Engelenburg (78), Sappemeer (G)
• Artjom Ashotovich Navasardjan (29), Groningen
• Evert Van Roemburg (85)
• Annie Marie Julie "Annemarie" Peelen (83), Melbourne, Australia
• Cornelia (Corry) Verkoren (91), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
• 1979 » Jonathan Greening English footballer
• 1981 » Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 » Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 1987 » Robert Milsom, English footballer
• 1988 » Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
• 1992 » Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentinian footballer, goalkeeper
• 1998 » Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer

• 2005 » Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
• 2007 » A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
• 2007 » Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
• 2007 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
• 2008 » George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Lee S. Dreyfus, American sailor, academic, and politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)
• 2009 » Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer (b. 1942)
• 2009 » Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)

1. Thomas
2. Stijn
3. Ruben
4. Lucas
5. Jan
6. Daan
7. Lars
8. Tim
9. Levi
10. Thijs
11. Sem
12. Jasper
13. Max
14. Jesse
15. Milan
16. Sam

1. Ariane
2. Lisa
3. Emma
4. Lynn
5. Lotte
6. Eva
7. Anna
8. Tessa
9. Sophie
10. Anne
11. Roxanna
12. Isa
13. Sanne
14. Charlotte
15. Amber
16. Cathelijne

• 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 18 » The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
• March 7 » The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
• July 17 » TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.
• September 4 » Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
• September 24 » Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
• December 13 » The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of the European Union.

The temperature on January 2, 2007 was between 3.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.