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• Harrison Compagne, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia († 2000)
• Ruben Meis, Delft

• Abraham van der JAGT (82), Rotterdam
• "Anna" Hendrika Flach (89), Dordrecht
• Anthonie Lambertus Berkhoff (82), Apeldoorn
• Anna Catharina Teding van Berkhout (84), Bergen, N.H
• Antonie Jan Blokland (91), Amersfoort
• Anita Vera Chin-Fo-Sieeuw (73), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Antonetta Hendrica Maria van Heeswijk (85), Helmond, Noord-Brabant
• Anna Timmers (94), Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Andre Firino-Martell (81), Cognac, France
• Agatha Maria de Laat (92), Tilburg

• 1991 » Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
• 1991 » Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver
• 1991 » Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer, midfielder
• 1992 » Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer
• 1993 » Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 » Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer, defender
• 1995 » Calum Chambers, English footballer, defender
• 1995 » Joey Badass, American rapper and actor

• 1994 » Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)
• 2002 » Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)
• 2003 » Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 2003 » Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919)
• 2004 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)

• 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.
• April 5 » UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four Galatasaray fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two Leeds United fans.
• May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
• August 11 » An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
• November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
• November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
• December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.

The temperature on January 20, 2000 was between 3.6 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.