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• B(Bo) Kienhuis, Almelo († 2004)

• Ad van Erp (70), Oss,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke Zijlstra (66)
• Ans Scholte (80), Breukelen
• Cornelis Molenaar (90), Bussum
• Alphonsus Joannes Petrus Smeets (85), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth de Groot (86), Hoorn, Nederland
• Cornelis Bark (87)
• Aagje Bol (84), Alkmaar
• Alexander Smith (91), Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
• Ada Essenburg (94), Tallmadge Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1990 » Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
• 1991 » Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor
• 1993 » Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
• 1993 » Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
• 1995 » McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
• 1996 » MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
• 1999 » Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician
• 2000 » Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater

• 2001 » Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944)
• 2002 » Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 2002 » Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942)
• 2003 » Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Paul Simon, American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (b. 1928)
• 2005 » György Sándor, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Georgia Gibbs, American singer (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1981)

1. Samuel
2. Thomas
3. Sam
4. Lucas
5. Sem
6. Jelle
7. Daan
8. Lars
9. Niels
10. Tim
11. Claus-casimir
12. Thijs
13. Noah
14. Max
15. Johannes
16. Jan

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Lotte
6. Isa
7. Anne
8. Iris
9. Chiara
10. Lisa
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.
• April 8 » War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
• June 1 » Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a Guinness World Record.
• September 23 » Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
• October 29 » The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
• November 26 » Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
• December 26 » Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.

The temperature on December 9, 2004 was between -3.3 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.