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Died on Tuesday December 7, 2004
- Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Koert Karel Godfried Pieter van Lippe-Biesterfeld (93), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Adrianus Cornelis Petrus van den Eijnden (82), Bergen op Zoom,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
- Alexander Schwertzell van Willinghausen (66), Oldenburg, Nedersaksen
- Donald Edward Breed (85), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
- Dale Canter (80), Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
- * Jan de Hoogt (63), Drunen
- Berendina Hoveling (86), Coevorden
- Aleida Jantina Wilmink (77), Canada
- Anna Broersma (94), -
- Antonia C. Kuijpers (88)
Born on December 7
- 1990 » Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
- 1990 » David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
- 1990 » Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
- 1990 » Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
- 1991 » Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
- 1993 » Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
- 1994 » Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
- 1997 » Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
- 1997 » Tommy Nelson, American actor
- 1998 » Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
Died on December 7
- 1998 » John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920)
- 1998 » Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
- 2003 » Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)
- 2003 » Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)
- 2004 » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
- 2004 » Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)
- 2004 » Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
- 2006 » Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)
- 2008 » Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (b. 1908)
Names that were popular for boys in 2004
- Johannes
- Jan
- Thomas
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Samuel
- Pieter
- Hendrik
- Lucas
- Jacob
- Max
- Alexander
- Sam
- James
- Sem
- William
Names that were popular for girls in 2004
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Louise
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Emma
- Anne
- Sanne
- Naomi
- Amber
- Sophie
- Lotte
- Isa
- Lisa
- Julia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2004
- 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 1 » In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
- January 8 » The RMSQueen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
- January 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
- April 2 » Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
- April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
- September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
The weather on Tuesday December 7, 2004
The temperature on December 7, 2004 was between 5.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI