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• Anna Verdoes (87), Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antonia van Boesschoten (79), Breda
• Christina Albers (71), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel Z.H
• Andrisa Buijs (91)
• Barbera Catherine Evers (67), Kimberly, Outagamie Co. Wisconsin
• Albert Kleinlugtebeld (64)
• David van den Heuvel (76), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Bel (60)
• Adrianus Antonius H.M. Leijtens (49), Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Catharina Adriana Maria (ook: To) Groenewegen (93), Poeldijk, Nederland

• 1987 » Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1987 » Martellus Bennett, American football player
• 1988 » Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player
• 1988 » Josh Hoffman, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Neeskens Kebano, French-born Congolese international footballer
• 1993 » Jack Butland, English footballer
• 1995 » DaeSean Hamilton, American football player
• 1995 » Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
• 1995 » Zach LaVine, American basketball player
• 1997 » Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player

• 1992 » Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1926)
• 1997 » LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
• 1998 » Lloyd Bridges, American actor and director (b. 1913)
• 1999 » Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2006 » Anna Moffo, American soprano (b. 1932)
• 2007 » Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
• 2010 » Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b. 1971)
• 2010 » Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (b. 1928)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Lucas
4. Jan
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. Ilse
5. Sophie
6. Julia
7. Sanne
8. Amber
9. Anna
10. Laura
11. Lisa
12. Fleur
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.
• January 31 » In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
• March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
• August 25 » American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
• September 11 » The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
• September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
• October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.

The temperature on March 10, 2001 was between 8.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.