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• Mischa Piter Balk, Groningen († 2017)
• Mischa Piter Balk, Groningen,Netherlands († 2017)
• Flor Vanhove, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 2004)

• Aleida Sophia Theodora Bodt (90), Rheden, Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alfons JANSEGERS (60)
• Eva Marie Schimke (89), Laingsburg, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States of America
• Christina Wilhelmina Louise Hilda Amshoff (95)
• Barbara Anna Jozephina van Vilsteren (56), Baarn
• Brustina Margaretha van Steenis (92), Schoonhoven (NL)
• Darrell Eugene Moore (71), Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
• Christiaan Henderikus Eerens (52)
• Flor Vanhove (0), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• David Leonard Hovey (66), Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1981 » Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Philip Humber, American baseball player
• 1983 » Steven Yeun, American actor
• 1985 » Tom Sturridge, English actor
• 1988 » Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1989 » Mark Ingram Jr., American football player
• 1989 » Tamannaah, South Indian actress
• 1991 » Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
• 1995 » Ronnie Bassett Jr., American race car driver

• 1998 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (b. 1904)
• 2004 » Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and neurologist (b. 1925)
• 2006 » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
• 2009 » Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (b. 1934)
• 2009 » Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
• 2013 » John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (b. 1922)
• 2014 » Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 2014 » Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)

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 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
• May 14 » The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
• June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
• November 6 » An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
• November 7 » Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• November 19 » The Malice at the Palace: The worst brawl in NBA history, Ron Artest suspended 86 games (rest of season), Stephen Jackson suspended 30 games.

The temperature on December 21, 2004 was between -6.0 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.