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• Arthur R JACKSON (87), Pathmouth, Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Christine Singer (100), Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States of America
• Aart Wilfred (Alfred) Huisman (43)
• Helena Theresia Jans Hoekstra (91), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Deborah Viola Wilkinson (54)
• Dennis John Slota (76), Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Alida (alia) Brinkkemper (89), Castricum
• Afra TOL (92), Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hondema (80), Harlingen, Nederland
• Gordon Lindsay HILL (70), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

• 1984 » Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1985 » Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 » Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1985 » Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 » Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
• 1986 » Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 1987 » Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
• 1992 » Tara Moore, British tennis player

• 2014 » Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
• 2014 » John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)
• 2015 » Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)
• 2015 » Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975)
• 2017 » Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (b. 1938)
• 2017 » Darren Daulton, American baseball player (b. 1962)
• 2018 » Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (b. 1968)
• 2018 » Joël Robuchon, French Chef (b. 1945)
• 2018 » Margaret Heckler, American politician (b. 1931)

• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
• February 12 » Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
• March 19 » An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
• March 22 » Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
• May 23 » Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
• October 8 » In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
• December 22 » A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.

The temperature on August 6, 2016 was between 10.5 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.