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• Derk Frans Hindrik Sikkema, Delzijl
• Ynte Poels († 2003)

• A.C. OOSTEROM (94)
• Christiaan Johannes Dam (69)
• Bradley Carnes (95)
• Christina Cornelia Wilhelmina Bieshaar (78), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobus (Co 3) Simmers (77), Uden
• "Anna" Maria Emilia Francesca Antonia Adelasia Maddalena Odescalchi (86), Roma
• Bert Tigelaar (39), De Krim
• Cornelia Johanna Erpeka (94)
• Antoinette Jacobs (42), Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Golverdingen (79), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1990 » Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
• 1990 » Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
• 1991 » Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer
• 1992 » Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete
• 1993 » Olivia Cooke, English actress
• 1995 » Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player
• 1995 » Timothée Chalamet, American actor
• 1997 » Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player

• 1999 » Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)
• 2002 » George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
• 2003 » Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)
• 2004 » Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)
• 2007 » Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2008 » Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)
• 2008 » Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Sem
7. Lars
8. Jesse
9. Mike
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Martijn
14. Niels
15. Tom
16. Robin

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Anne
7. Lieke
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
11. Femke
12. Julia
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Amber

• 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
• March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
• June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
• July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
• August 19 » A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
• September 12 » Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
• October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

The temperature on December 27, 2003 was between 5.2 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.