About the day » Saturday December 9, 2000Calender converter

• Esther F Dillavou (89), Paradise, Califonia, United States
• Evelyn Maud Johnson (81), Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
• Arendina Gesina (Diny) Norder (67)
• Antheunis Sturm (87), Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, NL
• Cornelis Jacobus van Schagen (73)
• Adrianus Johannes (Arie) den Blanken (94), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• CHARLES - GEORGES FONTEYNE (92), Lille, 59000
• Elviere van Moll (63), Den Helder
• Cornelia JANSSENS (90), Merksem, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Anthonia Johanna Molenbeek (80), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1987 » Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1990 » Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
• 1991 » Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor
• 1993 » Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
• 1993 » Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
• 1995 » McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
• 1996 » MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
• 1999 » Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician
• 2000 » Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater

• 1996 » Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1998 » Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2001 » Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944)
• 2002 » Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 2002 » Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942)
• 2003 » Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Paul Simon, American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (b. 1928)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Tom
4. Max
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Jacob
8. Justin
9. Wouter
10. Rick
11. Lars
12. Jan
13. Daan
14. Noah
15. David
16. Ruben

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. Femke
16. Anouk

• 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.
• July 25 » Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
• September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
• November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
• December 19 » The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three.
• December 30 » Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

The temperature on December 9, 2000 was between 7.4 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. 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-southwest.