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• Tuur Vercauteren
• Odile Terlinden († 2002)

• Aaltje Toornstra (89), Dokkum
• Annigje Hendriks Jongman (90), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Maria Vos (50), Leende
• Anthonia Maria Cornelisse (83)
• Berdina de Ruiter (82), Den Haag
• Carola Yuka Weijl (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Dorothy Ruth Tjalsma (74), Marion, Osceola County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aike Katuin (78), Emmen
• Adriaan Jozef Verhoeven (90), Turnhout, Gemeente Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Annie Marguerite Sharkey (84), Prince Edward Island

• 1984 » Duane Solomon, American runner
• 1984 » Martin Kaymer, German golfer
• 1985 » Kamani Hill, American soccer player
• 1986 » Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
• 1987 » Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
• 1989 » Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer and Eurovision winner
• 1990 » Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 » Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
• 1990 » David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Adam Peaty, English swimmer

• 1993 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)
• 2001 » William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
• 2006 » Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
• 2008 » Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Jan
4. Robin
5. Daan
6. Lars
7. Max
8. Bram
9. Tim
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. Anne
14. Charlotte
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.
• May 29 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
• June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
• July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
• September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
• September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
• December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.

The temperature on December 28, 2001 was between 2.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.