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• Maurits Lukas Hoek, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Lucas Slagboom, Zwijndrecht († 2004)

• Atje Hamstra (80), Drogeham, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Isaac Diepenhorst (84), Zeist
• Cornelia Bijl (85)
• Bastiaan van Elderen (79), Michigan
• Ben Busker (40)
• Albert Willem Goemans (53), GB
• Atje (Harms) Hamstra (75)
• Eelkje Stellingwerf (90), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arjen Boomsma (31)
• Albert Kaas (77), Amsterdam

• 1991 » Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer
• 1992 » Austin Rivers, American basketball player
• 1992 » Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress
• 1993 » Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
• 1993 » Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
• 1994 » Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
• 1994 » Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
• 1996 » Katie Boulter, English tennis player
• 2001 » Park Si-eun, South Korean actress

• 2001 » Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
• 2003 » Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)
• 2004 » Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)

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

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Isa
6. Lotte
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.
• January 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
• May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
• June 28 » Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
• September 3 » Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
• December 27 » Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

The temperature on August 1, 2004 was between 14.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.