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• Kayleigh Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Bernadina van Dijk (91), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Petronella van Klooster (90), Laren
• Anthime VANDECANDELAERE (76), Wervik,8940,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Catherine Marie Coviello (87), Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Constantijn Henneman (79), Amsterdam
• Catharina Mina Wyma (77), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Catharinus Geraets (71), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charles VAN DER WIELEN (75), Lafayette Tippecanoe County Indiana U.S.A
• Bernardus Antonius Arts (90), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cor Broeders (76)

• 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

• 1993 » Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (b. 1898)
• 1994 » John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (b. 1916)
• 1997 » James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1997 » Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)
• 1997 » Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)
• 1999 » João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1999 » Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)

1. Pieter
2. Thomas
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Robin
8. Jeroen
9. Michael
10. Johannes
11. Jasper
12. Rick
13. Mike
14. Hendrik
15. Max
16. Cornelis

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Kim
6. Emma
7. Lotte
8. Charlotte
9. Anne
10. Iris
11. Sarah
12. Amber
13. Julia
14. Sanne
15. Naomi
16. Maria

• 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
• February 1 » The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• February 8 » The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
• May 20 » Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
• July 17 » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
• November 5 » Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
• December 22 » Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.

The temperature on December 24, 1996 was between -7.2 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -4.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.