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• Anna (Annie) Kampinga (86), Groningen
• Alphonse Mathijs (87), Sint-Truiden, België
• André John Hendrik Schaink (57), Huizen
• Alma Grace Withers (88), Beechwood Nursing Home
• Beatrice Audrey Skinner (78), Brightwood, Clackamas, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Boijen Jan Rienks (93), Roden,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina TOL (82), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Joseph HOEBREGTS (87), Sint-Truiden (B)
• Alphonsius ludovicus Eeraerts (70), Bornem
• Agatha Wilhelmina Maria Koeman (58), Wassenaar

• 1989 » Ken Baumann, American actor and author
• 1990 » Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer
• 1990 » Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain
• 1990 » Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
• 1990 » Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
• 1991 » Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 » Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer
• 1998 » Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2000 » Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player

• 2003 » Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch-German SS officer (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
• 2004 » Leon Golub, American painter and academic (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1925)
• 2005 » John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (b. 1938)

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.
• July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
• September 30 » The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat itself is retired.
• October 27 » The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.
• November 9 » Firefox 1.0 is released.
• November 30 » Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people.
• December 8 » The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

The temperature on August 8, 2004 was between 17.2 °C and 31.0 °C and averaged 24.5 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.