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• Bonita Monaten, Oud Beijerland
• Sem Liam Schouten, Krimpen aan den IJssel

• Bob Touw (74), Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer
• Bertha Alting (78), Ameide
• Adriana Dam (81), Groningen
• Achiel Geerts (83), Ravels, België
• Cornelia Catharina Groos (95)
• Davis Reed Holderbaum (68), Pennsylvania
• Anna Maria van de Wiel (78)
• Elbert Cornelis Krauweel (70), Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth Adriana Clazina TERTOOLEN (96), Assen
• Doris Rae Eberhart (75), Oceanside, San Diego County, California, VS

• 1992 » Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
• 1992 » Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
• 1992 » Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
• 1992 » Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
• 1993 » Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
• 1996 » Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
• 1998 » Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
• 1999 » Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
• 2000 » Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver

• 2000 » Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)
• 2000 » Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)
• 2002 » Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2005 » John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (b. 1946)
• 2006 » Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
• 2008 » Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
• 2008 » Helge Hagerup, Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (b. 1933)

1. Samuel
2. Thomas
3. Sam
4. Lucas
5. Sem
6. Jelle
7. Daan
8. Lars
9. Niels
10. Claus-casimir
11. Tim
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.
• January 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
• February 1 » Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
• May 2 » The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.
• August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
• September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
• December 8 » The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

The temperature on August 12, 2004 was between 16.4 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.