About the day » Wednesday December 16, 2009Calender converter

• Julia van Dalen, Rotterdam
• Finnley van der Borg, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• Cornelis van Os (93), Maastricht
• ANTJE LAMENS (97), ROTTERDAM
• Anna Maria Fiene (91)
• Daisy Pearl Arp (81), Rockford, Blount, Tennessee, United States
• Dirk Lodewijk van Hunnik (59), Dishoek
• Duane Bosma (90), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Annichje Kroek (78), Hengelo
• Clasina Antonia Verbeek (89)
• Annie Stolp (96), Den Burg
• Camille Dupré (74), Magny en Vexin, Friesland, Nederland

• 1992 » Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1992 » Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer
• 1992 » Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
• 1992 » Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
• 1994 » Elliot Lee, English footballer
• 1994 » José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
• 1996 » Joel Adams, Australian pop/soul singer-songwriter
• 1997 » Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
• 1998 » Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player

• 2006 » Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)
• 2006 » Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)
• 2007 » Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
• 2009 » Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940)
• 2009 » Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956)
• 2010 » Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948)
• 2010 » Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
• 2011 » Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938)
• 2011 » Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

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

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

• 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.
• April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
• April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
• August 10 » Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
• August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
• October 3 » Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join together in the Turkic Council.
• December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.

The temperature on December 16, 2009 was between -7.4 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.