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• Fabienne Theodora Maria Kosse, Nijverdal, Nederland

• Albert Buitelaar (85)
• Bertha Ruth van Dyke (79), Argus Leader, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Augustine Marie Palmyre SCHIETTECATTE (91), Seclin,59113,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Cornelia Frederika van der Heijden (90), Nijmegen, 6501, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Das (98), Goes
• Auke Walings Frankena (88), Heeg (FRL)
• Cornelia Frederika van der Heijden (90), Nijmegen (Gelderland)
• Catharina Maria (Martha) BECKX (84), Rijkevorsel (B)
• Christina Wilhelmina Lamers (87), Mill, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend van Ommen (96), Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1992 » Andrei Peteleu, Romanian footballer
• 1992 » Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
• 1992 » Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• 1992 » Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1992 » Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
• 1992 » Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Mario Jelavic, Croatian footballer
• 1995 » Liana Liberato, American television and film actress
• 1996 » Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1999 » Oregon Kaufusi, Australian rugby league player

• 1995 » Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 1997 » Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (b. 1970)
• 2005 » Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
• 2006 » Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)
• 2006 » Joe Rosenthal, American photographer and journalist (b. 1911)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Tom
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. Julia
4. Maria
5. Emma
6. Anna
7. Laura
8. Sanne
9. Tessa
10. Romy
11. Iris
12. Charlotte
13. Fleur
14. Femke
15. Merel
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.
• January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
• February 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
• December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.

The temperature on August 20, 2000 was between 12.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.