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• Annebel de Jong, Limoges (France)

• Aaltje Visser (83), Oud Beijerland
• Barteld Smidt (63), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andrew Glyn (64)
• Alberdina Harryvan (81), Schildwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Michielsen (81), Breda
• Christina Arnoldina van den Assem (78), Zwolle
• Aaltina Hendrika Brink (97), Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonie Lobert (91), 's Gravenzande
• Antje Henderika Holtkamp (96), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Boon (89), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1989 » Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 » Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
• 1992 » Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
• 1992 » Moonbyul from Mamamoo, K-Pop star
• 1993 » David Klemmer, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1993 » Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1994 » Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
• 1996 » Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1998 » G Hannelius, American actress and singer

• 2002 » Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)
• 2006 » Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
• 2006 » Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2007 » Charles Court, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1911)
• 2009 » Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)
• 2010 » Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)

• 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 16 » Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
• June 11 » Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
• June 19 » The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
• August 23 » The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• September 12 » Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
• September 13 » The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

The average temperature on December 22, 2007 was -3.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.