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• Cathy van Dijk (26), Rijswijk
• Adriana Groeneweg (88), Schiedam
• Bernard James SCOLYER (76), Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia
• Cornelia (Cor), Antonia, Maria Groels (88), Helmond, Netherlands
• Arthur Henri Duinslaeger (97), Tongeren
• Berend Buitjes (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cathrina van Maren (82), Maasdriel
• Elisabeth Opdam (69), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Dijk (57), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Bastiaanse (81), Wouw

• 1985 » Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
• 1985 » Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
• 1986 » David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1986 » Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
• 1987 » Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 » Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist († 2013)
• 1987 » Liam Doran, British rally cross driver
• 1989 » J. J. Watt, American football player
• 1989 » Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 » Tyler Oakley, American internet celebrity

• 1996 » Don Murray, American drummer (b. 1945)
• 1999 » David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
• 1999 » Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2001 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)

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.
• April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
• August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
• August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
• October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
• October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
• 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.

The temperature on March 22, 2000 was between -0.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.