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• Albert, Thomas Linskens (73), Wrightstown, Burlington, New Jersey, US
• ELIZABETH MOSTERD (96), MAASLAND
• Cornelia Maria Haaker (72), Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Postma (86), Drachten, Smellingerlan, Friesland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Likkel (77), Eindhoven
• Charles J. Clapp (75), Cambridge, Furnas County, Nebraska
• Casper Hendrik Keuker (72), Melbourne
• Alida Wijntje Paulina Sloof (101), Apeldoorn
• Albert Holsappel (80)
• Constantinus A. Wesenbeek (64), Bergen op Zoom

• 1994 » Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
• 1996 » Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer
• 1996 » Robert Murić, Croatian footballer
• 1996 » Sehrou Guirassy, French footballer
• 1997 » Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
• 1997 » Dean Henderson, English footballer
• 1997 » Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer
• 1998 » Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater
• 1998 » Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater
• 1998 » Mecole Hardman, American football player

• 2001 » Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
• 2001 » Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
• 2001 » Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2002 » Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
• 2003 » Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)

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

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. Charlotte
15. Noa
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 4 » Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
• April 8 » War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
• June 28 » Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• August 1 » A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
• November 8 » Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• November 21 » The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.

The temperature on March 12, 2004 was between -0.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.