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• Thomas Marcus Deodatus Maria Rijnbout, Nieuwegein († 2007)
• Yentle van Luijck († 2007)

• Annie Buitendijk (84)
• Antonetta Hupkes (80), Delft, South-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Hoogland (87), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Henricus Joseph (Ton) van Heeswijk (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant
• Alida Kooy (82), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecilia Petronella Diemel (87), Warmond
• Antonia Engelen (82), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alletta Lucretia Prinssen Prinssen (82), Maastricht
• Aagtje Alida Smith (82), Slochteren
• "Jacques" Marie Joseph Brunet-Moret (84), Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, Yvelines, France

• 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
• 1991 » Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
• 1993 » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
• 1994 » Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
• 1996 » Kim Jennie, Korean singer
• 1998 » Cameron Murray, Australian rugby league player
• 2003 » Adriana Hernández, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 2004 » Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
• 2006 » Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
• 2009 » Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (b. 1930)
• 2009 » John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Jyoti Basu, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1914)
• 2010 » Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (b. 1926)

• 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.
• April 11 » Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
• May 3 » The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
• September 16 » One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
• October 2 » President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
• November 23 » MSExplorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
• December 3 » Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.

The temperature on January 16, 2007 was between 4.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.