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• Antonius Gerardus Joannes Smits (77), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Lawant (66), Vriezenveen
• Arnolda Kramer (95), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Petrus Traa (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaan Mieras (83), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Bramberta Kuiper (92), Den Helder
• Charles L. Schulte (88)
• Albert Lambertus (Appie) Dekker (76), Meppel
• Clasina Jacoba "Sieneke" Vader (81), Koudekerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aron Ludwig (81), Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1963 » Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster; five-time World Series champion
• 1967 » Ed Balls, British politician; Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1968 » Oumou Sangaré, Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician
• 1971 » Sean Astin, American actor, director and producer
• 1974 » Dominic Raab, British politician; First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 1981 » Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer; the most successful Asian player with 19 career trophies
• 1982 » Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player; winner of the 2015 US Open
• 1988 » Tom Marshall, British photo colouriser and artist
• 1992 » Jorge Soler, Cuban baseball player
• 1999 » Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian international footballer; youngest goalkeeper to play for Italy

• 1996 » Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (b. 1940)
• 1997 » Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)
• 1998 » W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2001 » A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Don Bradman, Australian international cricketer; holder of world record batting average (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (b. 1912)
• 2010 » Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2012 » Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)

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

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Isa
6. Lotte
7. Anne
8. Iris
9. Lisa
10. Chiara
11. Femke
12. Ameila
13. Julia
14. Charlotte
15. Noa
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 14 » The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
• February 2 » Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
• November 6 » An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
• November 27 » Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• December 5 » The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
• December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 M_w  Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

The temperature on February 25, 2004 was between -2.2 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.