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• Fenna van Bemmel, Harmelen (utrecht)
• Anna Catharina Moers, Alkmaar

• Aaltje Klazes Bethlehem (85)
• Anna Catharina Lenaerts (83), Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Dominique Cartouche Camiel Tant (51)
• Bernard Begley, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Christianus Johannes Sleenhoff (79), Waalwijk
• Boyd Garrett Bohlke (66), San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten
• Dirkje van Waarde (75), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Willem Francois Langelaan (98), Maarssen, Netherlands
• Arendje van Duijn (83), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Klazes Bethlehem (85), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• 1988 » Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
• 1988 » Christen Press, American footballer
• 1988 » Eric Berry, American football player
• 1989 » Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
• 1993 » Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1993 » Travis Head, Australian cricketer
• 1995 » Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
• 1996 » Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer (Twice)
• 1997 » Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
• 2000 » Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

• 1996 » Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
• 2003 » Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
• 2008 » Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Robin
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. Tessa
9. Sanne
10. Iris
11. Romy
12. Fleur
13. Charlotte
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.
• 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.
• May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
• June 21 » Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
• June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
• October 5 » Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
• November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.

The temperature on December 29, 2000 was between -1.3 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.