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• Cornelia Maria Catharina Kniknie (89), Tilburg
• Ada Louis McSwain (88)
• Audrey-Jo Tjitzes Hettinga (34), Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
• Cornelius Siegers (73), Nieuw-Buinen, Borger
• Alberdina Lammechien van der Velde (67)
• Beeltje Teunette Sophia Beers (72), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Proost (85), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelia Johanna (Cor) Proost (85), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Philippus (Flip) Stoffels (80), Hilversum
• Dorothy Jane Wettengel (76), Kenosha, Kenosha county, Wisconsin (USA)

• 1992 » Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1992 » Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1992 » Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
• 1993 » Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
• 1994 » Seedy Njie, English footballer
• 1995 » Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1995 » James Wilson, English footballer
• 1995 » Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
• 1998 » Shimona Nelson, Jamaican netballer

• 2001 » Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
• 2002 » Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
• 2005 » Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911)

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. Bram
16. Johannes

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 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
• March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
• March 17 » Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
• September 6 » Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
• November 26 » The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

The temperature on December 1, 2003 was between 7.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.