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• Rosa, Louisa Melkert, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Karli Rose Hoeger, Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa († 2003)

• Albertine DRIESEN (69), Genk, 3600, Limburg, België
• Aaltje Willemse (82), Florida (USA)
• Augustina Boon (83), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Hulter (69)
• Anna Smith (95), Tyndall, South Dakota, Buried Avon, South Dakota
• Clazina HELLEMAN (91), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Della Evelyn Todd **** (84), Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, Robeson, NC
• Adriana Maria Lambregts (76), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Ducaneaux (80), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Cornelis Theodorus van Oirschot (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1990 » Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage
• 1992 » Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
• 1992 » Kim Seok-Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor
• 1992 » Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Diogo Jota, Portuguese professional footballer
• 1996 » Ivan Belikov, Russian footballer
• 1996 » Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer
• 1996 » Sheryl Sheinafia, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1999 » Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
• 2000 » Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
• 2003 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)
• 2005 » Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
• 2006 » K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
• 2007 » Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)
• 2009 » Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935)

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

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Maria
4. Lisa
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Catharina-amalia
10. Nina
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.
• January 11 » Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
• February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
• July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
• August 19 » A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.
• November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
• December 13 » Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

The temperature on December 4, 2003 was between 4.0 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.