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• Twan Jacobs, Leiden († 2004)
• Twan Jacobs, Leiden († 2004)

• Gerardina Petronella Hendrika Rongen (65), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna (Havenga) Hovinga (81)
• Edwin Neil Vanderlaan (73), Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Dirk van der Starren (78), Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha (Bep) van der Blom (82), Hillegom
• Alwyn Keith Jeffery (70)
• Elizabeth Moore Hazelip (88), Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Hordijk (92)
• Clara A. W. Wijnants (79), Heers, België
• Agnieta Stempher (85), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1989 » Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer
• 1989 » Simone Guerra, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player
• 1991 » Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer († 2014)
• 1992 » Jessica Henwick, British actress
• 1994 » Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer
• 1994 » Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1994 » Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player
• 1997 » Dana Gaier, American actress

• 2001 » Govan Mbeki, ANC activist and father of President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki (b. 1910)
• 2002 » J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Charles Bronson, American actor and soldier (b. 1921)
• 2003 » Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (b. 1906)
• 2006 » Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand lawyer and judge (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Charles Vanik, American soldier and politician (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Michael Jackson, English author and journalist (b. 1942)

• 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 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
• May 29 » The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• June 21 » SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
• August 24 » 90 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
• December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

The temperature on August 30, 2004 was between 12.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.