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• Antonius Bernardus Joseph (Ton) Gunnewijk (89), Enschede, Ov, Nederland
• Eduard Wilhelm Hehl (81), Temple City, California, Verenigde Staten
• Germaine Virginie Vanderhofstat (93), Sint-Truiden, België
• Froukje Siebrens Drost (73), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda Beerens (90), Vessem (Huize Groenendaal)
• Anna Maria Veldhuijzen (90), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elgienus (Eric) Pauwels (93), Chilliwack, Brits-Columbia, Canada
• Tjalling Tjalsma (81), Easterein
• Adriana Berdina van Elteren (90)
• Antonius Bernardus Gunnewijk (89), Enschede

• 1992 » Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball player
• 1993 » Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
• 1993 » Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer
• 1994 » Cauley Woodrow, English footballer
• 1994 » Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model
• 1994 » Tomokaze Yūta, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1995 » Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• 1995 » Joe Stimson, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist
• 1998 » Juice Wrld, American rapper († 2019)

• 2006 » Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)
• 2007 » Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Jennifer Alexander, Canadian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1972)
• 2008 » Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Henry Molaison, American memory disorder patient (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Renato de Grandis, Italian composer, musicologist, and writer (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 2009 » Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (b. 1929)

• 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 12 » Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
• June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
• July 5 » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
• August 27 » Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
• November 5 » U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
• November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.

The temperature on December 2, 2009 was between 0.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.