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• Manon Johanna Catharina Prop, Bergen op Zoom († 2006)
• Bryan Goethals, Brugge, AZ Sint Jan

• Aleida Tessemaker (72), Oene, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Veenstra (78), Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes van Riel (78), Chaam
• Anna Beekwilder (80), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Lameriks (82)
• Antonie Cornelis Kuijsten (55), Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonnie May BARTHOLOMEW (49), Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
• Bartholomeus Jozef HOUBEN (90), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Anna ELLING (96)
• Arie Groenendijk (91), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1987 » Austin Jackson, American baseball player
• 1987 » Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
• 1987 » Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress
• 1987 » Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
• 1988 » Brett Anderson, American baseball player
• 1989 » Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 » Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player
• 1993 » Diego Mella, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Joe Boyce, Australian rugby league player

• 1996 » Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1997 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 1999 » Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 2001 » André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)
• 2002 » Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Space Shuttle Columbia crew
• 2004 » Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 2005 » John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1932)

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. 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. 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.
• February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
• April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
• May 25 » Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
• 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 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
• October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.

The temperature on February 1, 2000 was between 7.6 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.