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• Valatin Manuel GADEA-SMITHUIS, Buenos Aires, Argentinië

• Cornelia Louisa van Oirschot (85), Amsterdam
• Alwin Betz (79)
• Anne Marie Ostrorog (81), Paris, Seine, France
• Anne-Marie Ostrorog (81)
• Bernardus Gerard KOSTERINK (81)
• Albert Johanneszn. van Zandbergen (63), Heerenveen, Gem. Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Gerard Kosterink Kosterink (81), Borne
• Arthur George Haan (79), Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa
• Alice Joy Jenison (76), Grandville (Kent County) (Michigan)
• Albertine Josephine Guillaumette Fruitman (56), Brussel, B

• 1988 » Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
• 1989 » Alex Trimble, Irish singer
• 1989 » Nate Montana, American football player
• 1990 » Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
• 1991 » Aki Takajo, Japanese singer
• 1991 » Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter
• 1993 » Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
• 1995 » Lil Tracy, American rapper
• 1997 » Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater

• 2002 » Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 2003 » Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2003 » William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2004 » John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 2005 » Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2006 » John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)

• 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 14 » In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
• November 9 » Firefox 1.0 is released.
• 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 21 » Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.
• December 14 » The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
• 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 3, 2004 was between 10.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.