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• Aarjen BALDER (61), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland
• Abbas Isah, Katsina, Nigeria
• Alvin P. van der Sloot (74)
• Alvin Peter VAN DER SLOOT (74), Bradenton Manatee County Florida U.S.A
• Cornelis KONING (75), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida geertruida IJben (80), Enschede
• Cornelia van Zundert (85), Breda
• Albert Veenstra (61)
• Antoon de Winter (86), Den Haag
• Aagje de Vries (70), Nunspeet, Nederland

• 1991 » Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 » Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1992 » Becky Downie, English gymnast
• 1992 » Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1992 » Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur
• 1994 » Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 » Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 » Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer
• 1999 » Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
• 2012 » Princess Athena of Denmark, younger child of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

• 2002 » Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
• 2007 » Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 » Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)

1. Samuel
2. Thomas
3. Sam
4. Lucas
5. Sem
6. Jelle
7. Daan
8. Lars
9. Niels
10. Tim
11. Claus-casimir
12. Thijs
13. Noah
14. Max
15. Johannes
16. Jan

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Lotte
6. Isa
7. Anne
8. Iris
9. Lisa
10. Chiara
11. Femke
12. Ameila
13. Julia
14. Noa
15. Charlotte
16. Anouk

• 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 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 16.3 million citizens.
• February 2 » Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
• March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
• May 28 » The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
• September 23 » Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
• December 25 » The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
• December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 M_w  Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

The temperature on January 24, 2004 was between 1.0 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.