About the day » Saturday March 13, 2004Calender converter

• Dirk Martinus Passchier (92), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Scherpenzeel (92), Apeldoorn (GL)
• Aaltje Smalbil (85), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Wijnandus Maes (87), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Anthonius van den Ing (84), Leiderdorp
• Agnès De Feyter (75), Gent, 9000, België
• Dirkje Cornelia Maria van de Berg (79)
• Cyriel Rene Declercq (77), Roeselare
• Annie van Broekhoven (76), Tilburg
• Anna Cornelia Balemans (74), Berchem

• 1988 » Furdjel Narsingh, Dutch footballer
• 1989 » Holger Badstuber, German footballer
• 1989 » Marko Marin, German footballer
• 1989 » Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver
• 1990 » Anicet Abel, Malagasy footballer
• 1991 » Daniel Greig, Australian speed skater
• 1991 » Tristan Thompson, American basketball player
• 1994 » Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer
• 1995 » Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier
• 1998 » Jay-Roy Grot, Dutch footballer

• 1999 » Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (b. 1911)
• 2001 » Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (b. 1895)
• 2001 » John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (b. 1934)
• 2002 » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1900)
• 2004 » Franz König, Austrian cardinal (b. 1905)
• 2006 » Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
• 2006 » Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2006 » Robert C. Baker, American businessman, invented the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
• 2007 » Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (b. 1925)

• 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.
• 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.
• February 28 » Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
• September 23 » Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
• December 26 » Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
• December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 M_w  Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

The temperature on March 13, 2004 was between 4.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.