About the day » Sunday December 3, 2000Calender converter

• Aafke Aagtje Pot (69), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Neeltje Kramer (97), Goes
• Adriana Graveland (86), Bennekom
• Annechien Henderika Hummel (92)
• Charles Josephus van Gulick (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelis Johannes van Bavel (67), Wagenberg
• Antoon Aloysuis van den Enden (90), Hilvarenbeek, NBr. NL
• Adrianus Hofland (82)
• Claude LETERME (55), Bruxelles,1000,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,Belgique
• Catrina Harmina van Ree (74), Nijkerk

• 1987 » Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1988 » Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist
• 1989 » Alex McCarthy, English footballer
• 1989 » Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
• 1989 » Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
• 1990 » Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
• 1991 » Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
• 1992 » Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1998 » Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
• 1999 » Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (b. 1934)
• 1999 » Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
• 1999 » John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1942)
• 1999 » Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)
• 2000 » Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)
• 2002 » Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
• 2002 » Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)

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.
• February 6 » Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
• February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
• May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
• August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
• September 26 » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
• October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".

The temperature on December 3, 2000 was between 4.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.