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• Ryan Erfmann, Alkmaar

• Cunera Anna Gordijn (94), Schijndel
• Antonius Michel Cornelis Maria Agt, van (89)
• Anna van den Haak (91), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Bunyon Ware (77)
• Anna (Annie) van den Haak (91), Oegstgeest, Nederland
• Arie Bontenbal (45), Geervliet
• Dina Pieternella "Dien" Vader (68), O.Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aukje Booi (99), Ureterp, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Joanna Haans (100), Tilburg
• Doris Ann Bartley (58), Larue County, Kentucky

• 1989 » Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
• 1990 » Randall Cobb, American football player
• 1990 » Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 » Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
• 1994 » Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1995 » Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
• 1996 » Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer

• 1994 » Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1995 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 1996 » Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904)
• 2000 » Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
• 2003 » Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)
• 2005 » Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Robin
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. Anouk
16. Femke

• 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 30 » Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
• 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 13 » President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
• June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
• November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
• November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.

The temperature on August 22, 2000 was between 8.6 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.