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• Chris Jurian van der Voorden, Capelle aan den IJssel, Provincie Zuid-Holland († 2012)
• Connor Avery van Wijk, Woodstock, Ontario (Canada) († 2004)
• Britt Hobers, Ridderkerk
• Curtis Theodore van Wijk, Woodstock, Ontario (Canada) († 2004)

• Antje POPMA (76), Oenkerk (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands
• Cornelis (Kees) Visser (59)
• Arend Plomp (69), Hellendoorn
• Charlotte Jean McVay (71)
• Antonius Albertus Struik (84), Oldenzaal
• Arnoldus Dekkers (71), Utrecht
• Anthonius Petrus Marie Bots (76), Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Antonius Josephus van den Nouweland (84), Tilburg
• Ciska Driessen, Helmond, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Clara Elizabeth OSTEN (80), Alvord,Wise,Texas,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE

• 1992 » Erik Lamela, Argentinian international footballer, midfielder
• 1992 » Nick Castellanos, American baseball player
• 1993 » Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress († 2015)
• 1993 » Richard Peniket, English footballer
• 1994 » AJ Tracey, British hip-hop artist and record producer
• 1994 » Callum Harriott, English footballer
• 1995 » Bill Milner, English actor
• 1995 » Chlöe Howl, British singer-songwriter
• 1996 » Lukas Webb, Australian rules footballer
• 2002 » Jacob Hopkins, American actor

• 2002 » Elyne Mitchell, Australian skier and author (b. 1913)
• 2002 » Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)
• 2002 » Velibor Vasović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)
• 2005 » Nicola Calipari, Italian general (b. 1953)
• 2005 » Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)
• 2006 » John Reynolds Gardiner, American author and engineer (b. 1944)

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 1 » In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
• February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
• March 2 » War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
• April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
• May 14 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.

The temperature on March 4, 2004 was between 0.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.