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• Jessica Rae.

• Arie Lodder (91), hendrik-ido-ambacht (zuid holland)
• Dientje Suk (75)
• Alvin John Hassebroek (84), Merrill Pioneer Center Hospital, Rock Rapids, Iowa
• Adrianus Cornelis van Esch (77), Heukelom, Limburg, Nederland
• Elmarie Lombard (31), Zuid-Afrika, R.S.A.
• Clyde Merton BARTTER (100), Berea Cuyahoga County Ohio U.S.A
• Aalt Reijersen (78), Putten
• Elisabeth van Beem (87)
• Antonius Adrianus van Dongen (85), Rijen
• Clara Catrina Schut (93)

• 1995 » Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
• 1995 » Yulia Belorukova, Russian cross-country skier
• 1996 » Aldo Kalulu, French footballer
• 1996 » Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer
• 1996 » Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
• 1997 » Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer
• 1998 » Borna Sosa, Croatian footballer
• 1999 » Rubina Ali, Indian actress
• 2003 » Natalie Garcia, rhythmic gymnast
• 2004 » Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, 2nd in line for the Norwegian throne

• 1999 » Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
• 2002 » Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 2005 » John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)
• 2006 » Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
• 2009 » Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)

1. Samuel
2. Thomas
3. Sam
4. Lucas
5. Sem
6. Jelle
7. Lars
8. Daan
9. Niels
10. Tim
11. Claus-casimir
12. Thijs
13. Noah
14. Max
15. Johannes
16. Rick

1. Sanne
2. Amber
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Lotte
6. Isa
7. Anne
8. Lisa
9. Iris
10. Chiara
11. Femke
12. Ameila
13. Julia
14. Noa
15. Charlotte
16. Anouk

• 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 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 16.3 million citizens.
• January 3 » Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
• February 12 » The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
• April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
• August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
• November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
• December 25 » The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.

The temperature on January 21, 2004 was between 0.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.