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• Leah Claire Goldberg, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Jordan Pennings, Copetown (Ontario)

• Cornelia Johanna Maria van Helvert (84), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon VAN DER STEEN (83), Dongen (NL/NB)
• Cornelia Maria Petronella Jongenelen (84), Rotterdam,-
• Arie Kooger (88), Den Helder
• Berdina Jacoba Honcoop (56), Chaam
• Adrianus Mantje (78), Akersloot
• Cornelia Maria Petronella Jongenelen (84), Rotterdam
• Anna van Ark (80), Scottsdale, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Catharinus Josephus Trum (61), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Sels (82), Bilthoven

• 1989 » DeJuan Blair, American basketball player
• 1990 » Óscar González, Mexican boxer († 2014)
• 1990 » Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper and actor
• 1991 » Braydon Smith, Australian boxer († 2015)
• 1991 » Jordi Murphy, Irish international rugby player
• 1992 » Joonas Vaino, Estonian basketball player
• 1992 » Kenny Stills, American football player
• 1993 » Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Australian footballer
• 1993 » Marcel Ritzmaier, Austrian footballer
• 1993 » Ngani Laumape, New Zealand rugby player

• 2003 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2003 » James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 2004 » Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (b. 1976)
• 2005 » Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Philip Morrison, American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 2006 » D'Iberville Fortier, Canadian diplomat (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)

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 12 » Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
• January 18 » The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
• 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.
• April 23 » The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
• September 7 » Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
• October 19 » Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

The temperature on April 22, 2005 was between 0.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.