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• Marie Teresa Eisner Wylie [sAWds], Saline County, Missouri
• Nikki ALINK, Maastricht († 2000)

• Arnolda Gerarda van der Veer (84), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clara G. Smets (73), Tongeren, België
• Aldegonde Bertilia Reggers (78), Riemst (B)
• Alfonsina Victorina Madeleine Ketelslegers (81), Leuven
• Bertha Ann (Mae) Wesley Dick [sWks2] (91)
• Carolus Martinus Hendrikus Maria Meijs (75), Tilburg, Nederland
• Annigje Koster (90), De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes NN (88)
• Adriana Maria Geerdink (78), Vught, NB, Nederland
• Christina Komen (77), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

• 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

• 1997 » James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 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)
• 1999 » William C. Schneider, American aerospace engineer (b. 1923)
• 2000 » John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923)
• 2002 » Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 2002 » Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Robin
4. Max
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Jacob
8. Justin
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. Iris
11. Charlotte
12. Romy
13. Fleur
14. Merel
15. Anouk
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.
• May 25 » Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
• June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
• 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.
• October 5 » Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
• December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
• December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.

The average temperature on December 24, 2000 was 0.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.