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• Albertha de Groot (88), Broek op L'dijk
• Albert Fuchs (86), Bilzen, België
• Anthony ter Beek (80), Ridgeway (Fairfield County) (South Carolina)
• Alida Cornelia Waasdorp (76), Voorhout
• Aafke van der Velde (88), Den Helder
• David B Eilders (56), Evansdale, Black Hawk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha van de Geyn (85)
• Alida Cornelia Waasdorp (76), Voorhout
• Dorcina Nunes Sardá (87), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Doortje Kessels (75), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1989 » Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• 1989 » Michael Beasley, American basketball player
• 1989 » Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
• 1989 » Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
• 1990 » Justin Blackmon, American football player
• 1991 » Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Edon Hasani, Albanian football player
• 1992 » Joseph Parker, Samoan heavyweight boxer
• 1993 » Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete
• 1999 » Shannon Tavarez, American actress († 2010)

• 2000 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909)
• 2006 » Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
• 2006 » W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (b. 1913)
• 2007 » Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
• 2007 » Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923)

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. 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 9 » An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.
• February 5 » Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
• May 15 » Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
• September 3 » Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
• November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
• November 27 » Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The temperature on January 9, 2004 was between 4.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.