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• Dinant van Asch († 2000)
• Lisanne Maxime VEGELIN VAN CLAERBERGEN, Doetinchem, Gelderland, NEDERLAND († 2024)

• Charles Joseph ALEXANDER (63), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Berta Kristina Toresdotter (92), Älekulla, Västra Götaland, Sweden
• Aafke Postma (82), Terkaple, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Maas (86), Eersel
• Berend Wendels (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Berends de Haan (101), Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend van Geest (69)
• Catherine francoise "nette" Spreutels (85), Watermaal-Bosvoorde (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) België-Belgium
• Anna Maria Catharina (Triene) Vergoossen (86), Echt
• Anna de Haan (101)

• 1991 » Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
• 1992 » Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
• 1993 » Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian racing driver
• 1994 » Jalen Ramsey, American football player
• 1994 » Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1994 » Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
• 1995 » Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 » Kyla Ross, American gymnast
• 1997 » Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
• 1998 » Daya, American singer

• 1997 » Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
• 1999 » Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2001 » Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
• 2002 » Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)

• 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.
• February 5 » Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
• February 6 » Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
• September 26 » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
• October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
• December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
• December 30 » Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

The temperature on October 24, 2000 was between 11.4 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.