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• Finn Bolder, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2008)

• Andrea Gerardina Hendrica BÜHRS (42), Mijdrecht (Utrecht) (NL)
• Alexander Mate (76), Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Josephus Everhardus Ton (66), Nieuwegein
• Christianus Antonius Wolf (55), Nijmegen
• Carole Mildred van Son (60), Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Sermeus (60), Duffel
• Aaltje Maria Tolsma (95)
• Carolina Wilhelmina Steentjes (87), 's-Gravenzande
• Antonius Josephus Everardus Beemer (66), Nieuwegein
• Allegonda Anna Cornelia Bloks ( Blox) (86), Valkenswaard

• 1986 » Kit Harington, English actor
• 1989 » Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter
• 1990 » Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
• 1990 » Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter
• 1990 » Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
• 1990 » Jon Bellion, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
• 1991 » Eden Sher, American actress
• 1992 » Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player
• 1992 » Jade Thirlwall, English singer
• 1994 » Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer

• 2000 » Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)
• 2002 » Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
• 2003 » Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist (b. 1904)
• 2004 » Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959)
• 2004 » Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1974)
• 2004 » Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959)
• 2004 » Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Tom
12. Robin
13. Niels
14. Luuk
15. Rens
16. Stijn

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Lisa
4. Anna
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eloise
8. Julia
9. Eva
10. Laura
11. Sarah
12. Isabella
13. Anne
14. Fleur
15. Iris
16. Lotte

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
• January 8 » President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
• January 22 » Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• April 26 » Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
• May 25 » China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
• May 26 » The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
• July 27 » Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.

The temperature on December 26, 2002 was between 8.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.