About the day » Thursday July 29, 2004Calender converter

• Conelia van Dijk (87), Rotterdam
• Catharina M Musters (89), Bergen-op-Zoom,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Catharina Maria Musters (89), Bergen op Zoom (Nederland)
• Adriana Verkade (84), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bonne Hendrikus van der Laan (88), Uithuizen
• Dingena Verschoor (95), Almkerk (N.B.)
• Antje Langelaar (97)
• Cor (Cornelia Johanna) Evers (95), Gemert
• Anna catharina lans (84), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Arie van der Steen (79), Alblasserdam

• 1985 » Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
• 1985 » Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1985 » Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
• 1988 » Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1989 » Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
• 1991 » Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Irakli Logua, Russian footballer
• 1992 » Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
• 1993 » Nicole Melichar, American tennis player
• 1994 » Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1998 » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Edward Gierek, Polish soldier and politician (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Wau Holland, German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921)
• 2007 » Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1936)
• 2008 » Bruce Edward Ivins, American scientist and bio-defense researcher (b. 1946)

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 8 » The RMSQueen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
• February 18 » Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
• April 22 » Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
• May 14 » The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
• June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
• October 14 » Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.

The temperature on July 29, 2004 was between 11.7 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.