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• Kelsey Bruynseels, (b) († 2005)

• Anne Henderika Alphenaar (82), Kalamazoo,, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Atze Oppewal (78), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Josephus Maria Schuurmans (70), Oss
• Beligje Klasina Bastiana den Besten (87), Kesteren (Neder-Betuwe) (GL)
• Agnès BERLEUR (79), Grivegnée,4030,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Annie Elisabeth Koelink (83), Almere (FL)
• Clementina DRIEDIJK (88), Antwerpen
• Charles Boyd Helm (80), Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• cindy dean foster (48), Merritt Island, Brevard, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta BORGERS (74)

• 1989 » Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Lancelot Bravado, American wrestler
• 1991 » Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Diāna Bukājeva, Latvian tennis player
• 1991 » Kyle Smith, English motorcycle racer
• 1992 » Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1992 » Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1992 » Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1993 » Sam Byram, English footballer
• 1994 » Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player

• 2001 » Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (b. 1918)
• 2002 » James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (b. 1954)
• 2005 » Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (b. 1948)
• 2008 » Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 2009 » Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (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 3 » Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
• February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
• February 27 » A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
• June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
• November 7 » Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• December 26 » Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.

The temperature on September 16, 2004 was between 4.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.