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• Else Eppinga († 2010)

• Bertus Lamberts (83), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Hillegonda Buisman (84), Edam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Corin Redgrave (70)
• Anna Clasina Maria Langerwerf (79)
• Cornelis van Elderen (89), Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, NL
• * Leonardus Serto (84), Veldhoven
• Arendje van der Meij (85), Katwijk
• Anna Geziena Koetse (95)
• Adriana Hillegonda Jeanne BUISMAN (84)
• Antje Willems Dijkstra (90), Hardegarijp

• 1988 » Jucilei, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 » Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
• 1990 » Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer
• 1990 » Charlie McDermott, American actor
• 1990 » Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Julie Ertz, American soccer player
• 1992 » Ken, South Korean singer
• 1994 » Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor
• 1995 » Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
• 1998 » Peyton List, American actress and model

• 2009 » J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919)
• 2009 » Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982)
• 2010 » Corin Redgrave, English actor (b. 1939)
• 2010 » Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (b. 1945)
• 2011 » Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (b. 1931)
• 2012 » Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Reed Whittemore, American poet and critic (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Roland Guilbault, American admiral (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Thomas Kinkade, American painter and illustrator (b. 1958)

• 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• February 18 » WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
• May 6 » In just 36 minutes, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
• June 13 » A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
• June 24 » Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
• July 23 » English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
• October 13 » The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.

The temperature on April 6, 2010 was between 5.0 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.