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• Adrianus Petrus Kornelius de Bruijn (90), Dongen
• Cornelia Van DIENST (88), Rotterdam
• Adriana Johanna Cornelia Kleemans (72), Ulvenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Doris June Barnett (73), Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Donald Lee Hoekstra (71), Kankakee, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus (Janus) Visser (93), Almkerk en Uitwijk, Nederland
• Elisabeth Esther Johanna Verlinde (66)
• Ernest Scarborough Todd (83), Myrtle Beach, Horry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Edy Nelly Louise OERTEL (91), Leidschendam
• Dick Beenhakker (47), Dordrecht

• 1990 » Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player
• 1991 » Danilo, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 » Derrick Favors, American basketball player
• 1991 » Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer
• 1992 » Hokutōfuji Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1992 » Tobias Harris, American basketball player
• 1992 » Wayde van Niekerk, South African sprinter
• 1993 » Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer
• 1993 » Harrison Rhodes, American racing driver
• 1998 » Noah Gragson, American racing driver

• 1997 » Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924)
• 1998 » S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)
• 2000 » Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer and educator (b. 1925)
• 2001 » C. Balasingham, Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 2003 » Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and academic (b. 1942)
• 2006 » Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)
• 2008 » György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)
• 2010 » James E. Akins, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (b. 1926)

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 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
• March 12 » The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
• June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
• November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
• November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
• 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 July 15, 2004 was between 15.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.