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• Tristan Jozef Laurens Weijermars

• Gepke Dijkhuis (78), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Dekker (91), Den Helder
• Elisabeth de Wit (89), Bunnik
• Epko Horrel (75)
• Franciscus Jozef (Frans) Andriessen (62), Valkenswaard
• Elisa Maria Josephina Gerarda Hamers (72), Voerendaal, Limburg, Netherlands
• Elisabeth (liske) Lambrechts (96), Hoeselt
• Antonius Johannes van der Lans (63), Hillegom
• Albert Pit (84), Hoogersmilde, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Joannes Maria van Nieuwland (55), Breda, NB Netherlands

• 1988 » Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player
• 1989 » Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
• 1989 » Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1990 » Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
• 1992 » Naomi Ackie, British actress
• 1994 » Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
• 1995 » Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete, olympic champion
• 1997 » Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer
• 1998 » Elkie Chong, Hong Kong singer and actress

• 2000 » Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
• 2004 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957)
• 2005 » Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
• 2007 » Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
• 2007 » The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923)
• 2008 » Madelyn Dunham, American banker and business executive (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (b. 1915)

• 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.
• May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
• July 1 » Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
• August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
• September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
• November 21 » The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
• December 31 » The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670ft).

The temperature on November 2, 2004 was between 7.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.