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• J(Jesse) van Krieken, Arnhem († 2004)
• Justin Pols, Rotterdam († 2004)

• Anna Maria Veronica Regina Huis in 't Veld (51), Deventer
• Albrecht Willem Adriaan Maassen van den Brink (61), Wierden
• Alberta van Delen (90), Nijkerk
• Bodine (Biem) Scholten (92), Hamilton (Ont), Canada
• Bernardus Albertus Henricus Peters (76), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andriette Rietveld (78), Hengelo
• Andries Donselaar (76), Yorktown, Australia
• Arthur Jacob ARSHAWSKY (94), Thousand Oaks, California, Verenigde Staten
• Angelina Marie Jaquez (75), Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten
• Andriette Rietveld (78), Hengelo

• 1986 » Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player
• 1989 » Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
• 1990 » Bruno Henrique Pinto, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Joe Root, English cricketer
• 1991 » Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
• 1992 » Carson Wentz, American football player
• 1992 » Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
• 1995 » V, South Korean singer and actor
• 1996 » Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player

• 2002 » Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
• 2002 » Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
• 2003 » John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1932)
• 2004 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
• 2005 » Rona Jaffe, American novelist (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
• 2006 » Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937)
• 2006 » Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (b. 1938)

• 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 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
• April 6 » Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
• April 30 » U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
• 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 23 » The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
• December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

The temperature on December 30, 2004 was between 4.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.