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• Bart Fokke, Zoetermeer
• Pascalle Frederique Hemelop, Leiderdorp

• Anna Johanna Huisman (77), Assen, Nederland
• Albert van Mourik (55), Maurik
• Cornelia Geertruida Helena Molenbrugge (69), Berkel Enschot
• De Dobbeleer (83)
• Anna Johanna Cornelia van der Velde (84), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Wilhelmina van den Berg (83), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Diemen (67), Amstelveen
• Antje Schuurman (74), Heerde
• Berendena H. Bosman (72), of Sheldon, O'Brien, Iowa, United States
• Betsy Nievaard (88), West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 1989 » Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
• 1990 » Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
• 1991 » Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
• 1991 » Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Sébastien Faure, French footballer
• 1994 » Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist
• 1997 » Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler
• 2003 » Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist

• 1992 » Judith Anderson, British actress (b. 1897)
• 2002 » Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
• 2006 » Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2007 » János Fürst, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
• 2007 » William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Tom
4. Max
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Justin
8. Jacob
9. Wouter
10. Rick
11. Lars
12. Jan
13. Daan
14. David
15. Ruben
16. Noah

1. Amber
2. Lisa
3. Maria
4. Julia
5. Emma
6. Anna
7. Laura
8. Sanne
9. Tessa
10. Romy
11. Iris
12. Charlotte
13. Fleur
14. Merel
15. Femke
16. Anne

• 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
• January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
• January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
• March 17 » Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
• July 17 » During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, killing 60 people.
• September 28 » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
• November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

The temperature on January 3, 2000 was between 6.4 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.