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• Anna Philomena Verheyden (83), Bornem
• Alberdina Frouke van der Veen (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Rozenberg (88), Oud-Beijerland
• Christianus Johannes van Maurik (72), Nieuwegein
• Adrianus van den Burg (58), Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert VAN WILDER (88), Bekkerzeel Belgie
• * Waltherus Petrus Bernardus Hesselmans (83), Valkenswaard
• Bernardus Alphonsus Elbertsen (70)
• Anna Catharina Cecilia Zwetsloot (72), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Francisca Helena Oude Elberink (85)

• 1984 » Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
• 1990 » JoJo, American singer and actress
• 1991 » Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer
• 1991 » Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
• 1991 » Jorginho, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 » Rachael Boyle, Scottish footballer
• 1992 » Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
• 1993 » Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
• 1997 » De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
• 1997 » Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer

• 1997 » Denise Levertov, English-American poet and translator (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 1999 » Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (b. 1925)

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.
• February 1 » Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
• March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• August 18 » One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
• August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
• October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
• December 24 » The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50kg of explosives at 3:55p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.

The temperature on December 20, 2003 was between 4.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.