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• Merel Huybrechts, Gent,akte 3983,Jan Palfijnziekenhuis

• Alida Margaretha Theresia Poelwijk (71), Ter Aar (Aardam)
• Aart de Bruin (89)
• Abraham Vroegop (79), DE:
• Cornelia Johanna Aarden (89), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes van Hemel (49), Putten
• Eveline B ARONDS (79), Fort Lauderdale,, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Anna M Karas (86), Reading, Verenigde Staten
• Dirkje van Geffen (71), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Beekum (74)
• Aart de Bruin (89), Elspeet

• 1988 » Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1988 » G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1988 » Jack Hobbs, English footballer
• 1992 » Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
• 1992 » Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
• 1993 » Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
• 1994 » Morgan Sanson, French footballer
• 1995 » Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
• 1997 » Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer

• 2001 » David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
• 2002 » Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Tony Jackson, English singer and bassist (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (b. 1982)
• 2006 » Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Magdalen Nabb, English author (b. 1947)
• 2007 » Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938)
• 2009 » Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)

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. Nick

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Lotte
6. Isa
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 8 » The RMSQueen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
• February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
• March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
• 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.
• July 4 » The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
• August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

The temperature on August 18, 2004 was between 17.0 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.