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• Sophia Marie Smits, Crown Point, IN

• Aleida Geertruida (Alie) Balster (82)
• Aaltje Kats (80), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Merkx (82), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Vergote (67), Houthulst
• (92), Namsskogan, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
• ALICE HARRIETTE HANKS (94), Lebanon, Boone, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Geertruida Aleida Lansink (91), Bornerbroek, 7627, Nederland
• Doris Vilate Crum (80)
• Cornelia Nederhof (79), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beverly Yvonne Casey **** (64), Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, Verenigde Staten

• 1990 » Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor
• 1991 » Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
• 1992 » George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
• 1992 » Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
• 1994 » Brandon Larracuente, American actor
• 1994 » Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese football player
• 1995 » Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist
• 1999 » A.G.Rhithwik
• 2006 » Mason Ramsey, American singer-songwriter

• 1999 » Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
• 2000 » Ahmet Kaya, Turkish-French singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2000 » Robert Earl Davis, American hip-hop artist (b. 1971)
• 2001 » Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host and producer (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Sem
7. Lars
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Martijn
14. Tom
15. Johannes
16. Niels

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
11. Julia
12. Femke
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Amber

• 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
• July 30 » In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
• August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
• August 14 » A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
• August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
• September 12 » Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
• December 14 » Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

The temperature on November 16, 2003 was between 3.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 11.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.