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• Wilhelmus Knol († 2004)
• Twan Jacobs, Leiden († 2004)
• Twan Jacobs, Leiden († 2004)

• Geertruida van Winkel (79), Nijkerk
• Claryce Hymans (88), Hull, Sioux County, Iowa
• Alida Johanna Strien (81), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna (Havenga) Hovinga (81)
• Clazina Hendrika Verbeek (72)
• Alida Aarsen (99), Heemstede
• Franciscus Jacobus Maria (Frans) Bothe (63), Hoorn, NH, Nederland
• Gradus Van Beek (86), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Adolf Willem van 't Pad Bosch (89), Amsterdam
• David Alexander Antonius Mossel (86)

• 1989 » Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer
• 1989 » Simone Guerra, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player
• 1991 » Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer († 2014)
• 1992 » Jessica Henwick, British actress
• 1994 » Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer
• 1994 » Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1994 » Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player
• 1997 » Dana Gaier, American actress

• 2001 » Govan Mbeki, ANC activist and father of President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki (b. 1910)
• 2002 » J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Charles Bronson, American actor and soldier (b. 1921)
• 2003 » Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (b. 1906)
• 2006 » Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand lawyer and judge (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Charles Vanik, American soldier and politician (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Michael Jackson, English author and journalist (b. 1942)

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

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. Charlotte
15. Noa
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 4 » Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
• March 19 » March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China(Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian was shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
• March 22 » Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles.
• May 14 » The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
• October 27 » The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.
• October 29 » The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

The temperature on August 30, 2004 was between 12.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.