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• Lisoé Mattilde Claire Tricoire, Saint Etienne, Frankrijk

• Catharina Johanna van Haastert (87), Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonie Johannes Smits (85), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Atlas Anderson (Crain) (93), Asheville, North Carolina
• Barbara Joy Crawford Campbell Barnes (74)
• Carolus Antonius Henricus (Carel) Tuerlings (79), Tilburg
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Theodorus (Benno) Steinmeijer (69), Delden, 7491, Nederland
• Alida Lena Theodora (Alie) Zwakman (86), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Cornelia Riphagen (95), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Helena Petronella Kalshoven (78), Haaksbergen
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Graafmans (83), Baarle-Nassau

• 1990 » Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
• 1991 » Alise Post, American BMX rider
• 1991 » Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver
• 1991 » Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
• 1993 » Frankie Cocozza, British singer
• 1994 » Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
• 1998 » Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
• 1998 » Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
• 2000 » Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver

• 2005 » Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)
• 2005 » Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
• 2008 » Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
• 2008 » Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
• 2009 » Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)

• 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.
• June 26 » Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
• July 7 » The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
• October 22 » A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one die in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
• November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
• November 9 » The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.
• December 13 » The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of the European Union.

The temperature on January 17, 2007 was between 7.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.