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• Clara Hendrika Hyacinta Stroeve († 2004)
• Christina Elisabeth Heidstra

• Arie Bol (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ? Cox
• Cornelia (Kee) Bergsma (76), Heerenveen
• Catharina Maria Engel (89), Den Helder
• Catharina Lansbergen (89), Schiedam
• Anna Maria Kweens (82)
• Catharina "Trien" Maria Engel Engel (89), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bouchina KNOL (78)
• Cornelia Kersten (87)
• Cornelis Hooijberg (68), Edam

• 1986 » Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player
• 1989 » Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
• 1990 » Bruno Henrique Pinto, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Joe Root, English cricketer
• 1991 » Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
• 1992 » Carson Wentz, American football player
• 1992 » Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
• 1995 » V, South Korean singer and actor
• 1996 » Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player

• 2000 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
• 2002 » Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
• 2003 » John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1932)
• 2004 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
• 2005 » Rona Jaffe, American novelist (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937)
• 2006 » Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (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. Niels
14. Martijn
15. Tom
16. Bram

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 24 » The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
• July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
• October 26 » The Cedar Fire, the third-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000km), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
• October 31 » Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
• December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.

The temperature on December 30, 2003 was between 0.6 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.