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• Eva Engelage († 2001)
• Eva Engelage († 2001)
• Sara Wilbrink, Alicante, Sp

• Antonius Casper (Ton) Roessen (54), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Alice Lorraine Hawkins (81), Fayette County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Mulder (89), Delfzijl
• Catharina Hilda Martha Sikkens (88), Groningen
• Bernhard Francis Blenk (79), Bucks, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
• Antonius Maria van der Meer (85), Hilversum
• Amy Martens (95), Gemeente den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Nooij (86), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje de Haan (89), -
• Antonia Maria Dashorst (81), Bussum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1987 » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1989 » Brian Gregan, Irish sprinter and athlete
• 1990 » Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
• 1991 » Noelle Stevenson, American cartoonist
• 1992 » Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
• 1992 » Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
• 1993 » Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
• 1995 » Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

• 1997 » Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)
• 1999 » Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, Indian Muslim scholar and author (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1966)
• 2000 » José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Kevin MacMichael, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1951)

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.
• February 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
• March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
• May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
• October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
• November 9 » Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
• December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

The temperature on December 31, 2000 was between -4.5 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.