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• Donald David Drummond (86), Pakuranga, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
• Aalbert Hotting (71)
• Adolfine Bloemhard (74), Almere, Fl, The Netherlands
• Elisabeth Petronella Johanna Maria Ossenblok (74), Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna Antonia Leijten (82), Breda
• Dedelef Gustaaf Kruse (62)
• Arnoldus Johannes Maria Appels (82), Velp
• Alphonsus Henricus Cornelis van Doorn (81), Tilburg
• Boelo van Hulst (81), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hilgersom (74)

• 1988 » Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
• 1988 » Scott Laird, English footballer
• 1989 » Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
• 1990 » Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist
• 1990 » Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model
• 1993 » Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 » Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer
• 1996 » Birdy, English singer-songwriter
• 1997 » Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer

• 2003 » June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
• 2007 » Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
• 2008 » Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2008 » Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
• 2010 » Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
• 2010 » Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)

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

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.
• February 14 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
• February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
• July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
• September 16 » The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
• November 23 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
• December 24 » Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.

The temperature on May 15, 2005 was between 5.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.