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• Alex de Beurs, Vlaardingen
• Ties Lakerveld, Den Helder († 2008)

• Bernard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (93), Utrecht, Pays-Bas
• Bernard van Lippe-Biesterfeld (93), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Meun (86)
• Aarnoud Alewijnse (76), Koudekerke
• Bastiaan de Jong (84), Gorinchem
• Arthur Georges Vanstaen (80), Roeselare
• Aalbertha van Hattem (86)
• Berhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld (93)
• Bastiaan de Jong (84)
• Antje geertje Oudt (71), ens/abbekerk

• 1992 » Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1992 » Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1992 » Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
• 1993 » Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
• 1994 » Seedy Njie, English footballer
• 1995 » Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1995 » James Wilson, English footballer
• 1995 » Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
• 1998 » Shimona Nelson, Jamaican netballer

• 2002 » Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
• 2002 » Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
• 2005 » Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)

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 18 » Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
• March 19 » March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China(Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian was shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 8 » The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
• December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

The temperature on December 1, 2004 was between 3.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.