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• Albert Lambertus (Appie) Dekker (76), Meppel
• Bèj Meerts (80), Sittard
• Bernardus Johannes van der Wissel (80), Heerhugowaard
• Alida Bramberta Kuiper (92), Den Helder
• Aron Ludwig (81), Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Alida van der Geest (82), Ermelo
• Christiaan Lodewijk Hellegreen (80), Amsterdam
• Arnolda Kramer (95), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Peek (73), Breukelen, Nederland
• Antonius van Tilburg (86), Bergen op Zoom

• 1963 » Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster; five-time World Series champion
• 1967 » Ed Balls, British politician; Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1968 » Oumou Sangaré, Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician
• 1971 » Sean Astin, American actor, director and producer
• 1974 » Dominic Raab, British politician; First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 1981 » Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer; the most successful Asian player with 19 career trophies
• 1982 » Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player; winner of the 2015 US Open
• 1988 » Tom Marshall, British photo colouriser and artist
• 1992 » Jorge Soler, Cuban baseball player
• 1999 » Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian international footballer; youngest goalkeeper to play for Italy

• 1996 » Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (b. 1940)
• 1997 » Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)
• 1998 » W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2001 » A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Don Bradman, Australian international cricketer; holder of world record batting average (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (b. 1912)
• 2010 » Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2012 » Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)

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.
• January 14 » The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
• May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
• September 30 » The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat itself is retired.
• 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 February 25, 2004 was between -2.2 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.