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• Abigail Kittrell [[?K?FgTNBu]]2, Shelby County, Tennessee ql († 2002)
• Abigail Diana Kittrell <?K Ob>, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee († 2002)

• Bernard ('Bernie') Mulder (78), Grand Rapids, Kent (Michigan / USA)
• Christina Hardlooper (92), Zwolle, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Antonius Schepens (81), Tilburg
• Cornelia Gelens (88), Zevenbergen
• Anton Cabboort (67), Den Helder
• Antonie Harm Dijkhuis (79), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Dirksen (90)
• Anna Helena Sanders (90)
• Bernard Mulder (78), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Ans Teulings (69), Den Bosch

• 1990 » Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
• 1990 » David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
• 1990 » Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1990 » Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
• 1991 » Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
• 1993 » Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
• 1994 » Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
• 1997 » Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
• 1997 » Tommy Nelson, American actor
• 1998 » Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist

• 1997 » Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)
• 1998 » John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)
• 2004 » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Robin
4. Jan
5. Daan
6. Lars
7. Max
8. Bram
9. Tim
10. Ruben
11. Jasper
12. Thijs
13. Jacob
14. Niels
15. Sander
16. Stijn

1. Emma
2. Britt
3. Femke
4. Julia
5. Sophie
6. Ilse
7. Amber
8. Sanne
9. Anna
10. Laura
11. Lisa
12. Fleur
13. Charlotte
14. Anne
15. Maria
16. Anastasia

• 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
• February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
• July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
• September 11 » The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
• September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
• September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
• October 4 » Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.

The temperature on December 7, 2001 was between -2.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.