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• Jisella Patricia van Gorkum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

• Arie van Winkel (70), Amsterdam
• Antje Jousma (86), Winschoten,, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje van Egmond (64)
• Abraham Nathan de Bruin (94), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Stuiver (71), Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland, Westerveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Delwyn Doppenberg (42), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Antje Jousma (86), Winschoten
• Antje van der Meij (68), Bolsward
• Anna Hermina van der Heeden (83), Spijkenisse
• Antje Gerritdina Kikkert (89), Den Burg Texel

• 1989 » Blake Griffin, American basketball player
• 1989 » Jung So-min, South Korean actress
• 1990 » Andre Young, American basketball player
• 1991 » Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
• 1991 » Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
• 1993 » George Ford, English rugby union player
• 1993 » Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
• 1994 » Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1995 » Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1997 » Florian Neuhaus, German football player

• 2003 » Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)
• 2004 » Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 2005 » Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
• 2007 » Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
• 2008 » Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)
• 2008 » Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 2010 » Ksenija Pajčin, Serbian singer, dancer and model (b. 1977)

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

1. Ariane
2. Lisa
3. Emma
4. Lotte
5. Lynn
6. Eva
7. Anna
8. Sophie
9. Tessa
10. Roxanna
11. Isa
12. Anne
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.
• February 3 » A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
• February 23 » A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
• April 3 » Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
• April 11 » Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
• November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
• December 27 » Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

The temperature on March 16, 2007 was between 6.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.