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• Maureen Kok, Apeldoorn († 2000)

• Carolien Petersen (93), Blaricum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arthur Robert Barnett (77), Crawley, West Sussex, England
• Adriana Hendrika Bertha Simonis (90), Den Haag
• Adolf Joseph Maria (Dolf) Ekermans (68)
• Adriana Hendrika Bertha SIMONIS (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Goede (84), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amanda Maria Jacobs (95), Sint Amands
• Arietje Maria OUWENDIJK (85), Wateringen
• Anna Maria Voeten (84), Baarle-Nassau
• Albertus Theodorus Maria AALDERING (79), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1986 » Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper
• 1989 » Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress
• 1993 » AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
• 1993 » Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
• 1993 » Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
• 1993 » Jordan Obita, English footballer
• 1994 » Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
• 1994 » Raheem Sterling, English footballer

• 1994 » Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
• 1996 » Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938)
• 1997 » Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Betty Holberton, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2003 » Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 2005 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (b. 1914)

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 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
• May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
• June 5 » The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
• June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
• July 25 » Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
• October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.

The temperature on December 8, 2000 was between 9.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.