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• Bart Johannes Cornelis Kloppenburg, Vught

• Andréa Maarleveld (90), Nunspeet
• Catharina Bos (88), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Derkiene Catharina (Zus) v.d.Swaagh (89), Vista, Californië. (USA) In een Nursinghome
• Arie Teunis Koetsier (38), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Cornelia Cornelis Majoor (99), Laren
• Albertus Antonius Koekkoek (80), Kijenborg
• Cornelia Majoor (99), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Rozeman (71), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bastiaan (Bas) Slob (76), Gorinchem
• Alroy Marvin Polinder (62), Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1990 » Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage
• 1992 » Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
• 1992 » Kim Seok-Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor
• 1992 » Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Diogo Jota, Portuguese professional footballer
• 1996 » Ivan Belikov, Russian footballer
• 1996 » Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer
• 1996 » Sheryl Sheinafia, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1993 » Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940)
• 1993 » Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)
• 1999 » Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
• 2000 » Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
• 2003 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)
• 2005 » Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
• 2006 » K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)

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. Tessa
9. Sanne
10. Iris
11. Charlotte
12. Romy
13. Fleur
14. Merel
15. Anouk
16. Femke

• 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 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
• 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.
• September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
• October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
• 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 4, 2000 was between 3.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.