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• Ada Frances Boiville Johnston (86), Wahroonga, NSW, Australia
• Arend Hendrik Hartman (85), Emmen
• Geertje van der Galiën (81)
• Adrianus Marinus Koole (84)
• Adriana Arnoldina Tomas (91), IJmuiden
• Akke van den Berg (85), Dirkshorn, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Frans Hoogmoed (83), Landgraaf (Limburg)
• Evert van Wessel (92), Leeuwarden
• Bertha Johanna Margaretha Korzilius (87), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Joode de (94)

• 1988 » Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
• 1989 » Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer
• 1989 » Blaine Gabbert, American football player
• 1989 » Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
• 1990 » Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1994 » Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
• 1995 » Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
• 1996 » Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
• 1996 » Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
• 1999 » Bailee Madison, American actress

• 1999 » Josef Locke, British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2000 » Vincent Canby, American journalist and critic (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
• 2005 » Matti Wuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
• 2008 » Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (b. 1922)

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.
• 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.
• February 28 » Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
• March 2 » War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
• 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.
• November 21 » The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100billion) of Iraq's external debt.
• 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 October 15, 2004 was between 7.6 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.