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• Floor Dijkhuis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Vanessa Boer, Katy, Texas, United States
• THIBAUT DIETER D'HAENE, Kortrijk, 8500, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2018)
• Joseph Thomas Rogowski, Tarpon Springs,, Flevoland, Nederland

• Angelina Gerardina Roodenburg (67), Rotterdam
• Cornelia van Klaveren (94), Nijmegen
• Cornelia Postt (88), Ermelo
• Alida Johanna van Ewijk (67), Maurik
• Alida Johanna van Ewijk (67), Maurik, Nederland
• Alfons Leonard Arthur Thys (73), Borgloon, België
• Aleida Hultink (86), Gramsbergen
• Christine Henriëtte Roelfsema, Groningen
• Adriana Den Heijer (87), Rotterdam
• Catharina Olthof (66), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1989 » Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 » Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
• 1992 » Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
• 1992 » Moonbyul from Mamamoo, K-Pop star
• 1993 » David Klemmer, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1993 » Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1994 » Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
• 1996 » Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1998 » G Hannelius, American actress and singer

• 1995 » Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1996 » Jack Hamm, American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)
• 2001 » Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981)
• 2001 » Walter Newton Read, American lawyer and second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)
• 2006 » Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
• 2006 » Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Lucas
4. Robin
5. Daan
6. Lars
7. Max
8. Tim
9. Bram
10. Ruben
11. Jasper
12. Thijs
13. Jacob
14. Sander
15. Niels
16. Stijn

1. Emma
2. Britt
3. Femke
4. Julia
5. Sophie
6. Ilse
7. Amber
8. Sanne
9. Anna
10. Laura
11. Fleur
12. Lisa
13. Charlotte
14. Anne
15. Maria
16. Anastasia

• 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 16.0 million citizens.
• January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
• January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
• June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
• July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
• July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
• August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.

The temperature on December 22, 2001 was between -3.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.