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• Jordy Nimberg, Uffelte, Havelte

• Ernst Harm (Erhart) Buyten (69), Stateline-Nevade, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Cornelis Leonardus Maria (Tonny) Putten van (99), Hilversum, NB, Nederland
• Cornelia Zeggelaar (81), Zeist
• Arie Kraaijeveld (84), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Johanna Gerardina Bree (92), Den Haag
• Bernardus Jacobus Alphonsus Maria (Ben) Langemeijer (86), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Bôke Harmen "Bob" Hoving (86), Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Bos (99), Deventer,Overijssel,Niederlande
• Carel Jacobus Knoester (79), Scheveningen
• Elisabeth de Beurs (64), Vleuten

• 1988 » Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
• 1990 » Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper
• 1990 » Marcus Jordan, American basketball player
• 1990 » Ryo Miyake, Japanese fencer
• 1991 » Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player
• 1991 » Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Wasim Tareen, Pakistani footballer
• 1994 » Fa'amanu Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Matt Frawley, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Miguel Castro, Dominican baseball player

• 2008 » Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Ralph Harris, British journalist (b. 1921)
• 2009 » George Michael, American sportscaster (b. 1939)
• 2009 » Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (b. 1933)
• 2009 » Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 2010 » Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Thijs
3. Lucas
4. Jesse
5. Daan
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Tobias
9. Levi
10. Jan
11. Tim
12. Lars
13. Luuk
14. Mitchel
15. Jayden
16. Milan

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Noor
9. Anne
10. Sanne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Isa
14. Delphine
15. Evi
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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 20 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
• January 29 » Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
• January 31 » In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
• July 5 » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
• September 2 » The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
• December 30 » A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.

The temperature on December 24, 2009 was between -2.7 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.