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• Rowan Zonneveld († 2017)
• Loes Fien Janssen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• Daisy Christine Baptist (70), Alken
• Albert Leontine Vercauteren (92)
• (84), Oostvoorne
• Albert Marie Henri Mebis (93), Hasselt, België
• Catharina A.Th. Vermeer (68), Oisterwijk, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clara Antonia Maria Geerts (89), Oosterhout
• Anna Petronella Maria Eijsermans (82), Goirle
• Adriana Gertruda van Grinsven (80)
• Christine Rosbach (94)
• DeWayne R Clarke (84), Madison, Lake, South Dakota, United States

• 1989 » Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
• 1990 » Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
• 1991 » Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
• 1991 » Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Sébastien Faure, French footballer
• 1994 » Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist
• 1997 » Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler
• 2003 » Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist

• 2006 » Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
• 2006 » Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2007 » János Fürst, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
• 2007 » William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer (b. 1972)
• 2009 » Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969)
• 2009 » Pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean-German composer and academic (b. 1925)
• 2010 » Mary Daly, American theologian and scholar (b. 1928)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Lucas
3. Thijs
4. Jesse
5. Daan
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Levi
9. Tobias
10. Jan
11. Tim
12. Lars
13. Luuk
14. Mitchel
15. Jayden
16. Sem

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Noor
9. Anne
10. Sanne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Isa
14. Delphine
15. Evi
16. Lotte

• 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
• April 3 » Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
• June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
• October 9 » First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
• October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
• November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.

The temperature on January 3, 2009 was between -8.9 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.