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• Kirsten M M Kittrell, Sachse, Dallas County, Texas op († 2005)

• * Johanna Maria Krocke (86), Hoofddorp
• Carolina Theresia Grouw (84), Heerlen
• Clarence Henry Greene (100), Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States
• Daniel Lodder (74)
• Betsy Bakker (76), Winkel
• Berend Uiterwijk_Winkel (91), Vroomshoop, den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alma Delia Schreurs (86), Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota
• Cornelia Maria Praat (96), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Allen Burgess (75)
• Cor van Dam (92), Bodegraven

• 1994 » Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
• 1996 » Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer
• 1996 » Robert Murić, Croatian footballer
• 1996 » Sehrou Guirassy, French footballer
• 1997 » Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
• 1997 » Dean Henderson, English footballer
• 1997 » Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer
• 1998 » Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater
• 1998 » Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater
• 1998 » Mecole Hardman, American football player

• 2001 » Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
• 2002 » Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2002 » Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
• 2003 » Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
• 2004 » Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)
• 2008 » Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)
• 2008 » Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Milan
7. Bas
8. Daniel
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Niels
13. Max
14. Bram
15. Alexander
16. Sem

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Iris
10. Isa
11. Nienke
12. Lisa
13. Eva
14. Femke
15. Anouk
16. Felicia

• 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 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
• January 29 » The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
• March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
• July 7 » A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
• September 8 » Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
• September 24 » Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

The temperature on March 12, 2005 was between 1.3 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.