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• David Nicolaas Wilhelmus Hendrik van Oostrom, Utrecht, Oudenrijn ziekenhuis

• Christina Berendina Hendriks (79), Arnhem
• Egbert Derks Korhorn (88), Ulrum
• Christine Henrëtte van Lennep (94), Den Haag, Nederland
• Cato Vuijk (92), Breda
• Antje Hendrika van der Meer (78), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verheijen (90), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Peters (80), Didam,Montferland,Gelderland,Nederland
• Elisabeth (lijpje) Schilder (93), Volendam (Edam)
• Edith M Castleberry (79), Haines City, Polk, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Anteunie Daaleman (71), Klarenbeek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1989 » Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
• 1990 » Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• 1991 » Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
• 1992 » Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
• 1993 » Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• 1993 » Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
• 1994 » Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
• 1994 » Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
• 1995 » Chief Keef, American rapper
• 1999 » Paola Reis, BMX rider

• 2001 » Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
• 2001 » Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
• 2004 » Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)
• 2006 » Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 2006 » Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)

• 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.
• March 19 » March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China(Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian was shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
• March 29 » Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
• April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
• April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
• October 14 » MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
• November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.

The temperature on August 15, 2004 was between 13.1 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.