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• Chrsitina Antoinette Stek (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Redegeld (69)
• Emiel Bosmans (89), Aartselaar, België
• Antonia Keulen (84), Brunssum, Nederland
• Berendina Reindina Lubberding (75)
• Clara KOENES (91), Clinton Clinton County Iowa U.S.A
• David Frederick Peschier (62), Tucson, Pima, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Helena Morsman (92), Hengelo
• Cornelis van Meurs (69)
• Bauke Bos (80), Sneek

• 1986 » Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
• 1986 » Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• 1987 » Tony Kane, Irish footballer
• 1990 » Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
• 1990 » Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
• 1991 » Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
• 1993 » Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter

• 1995 » Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2000 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
• 2001 » Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Lance Macklin, English race car driver (b. 1919)
• 2003 » Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (b. 1936)
• 2004 » Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)

• 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 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
• May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
• June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
• October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
• November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
• November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

The temperature on August 29, 2000 was between 8.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.