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• Finette Suijkerlander
• Tayla Elizabeth Hardy, Gilberts, Kane County, Illinois († 2005)

• Betty Jean Thomson (70), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Edith Todd (87), Florence, Florence, South Carolina
• Eileen Margaret Detzler (85), Kitchener, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada @ St. Mary's Hospital
• Boukje Mook (80), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Rokx (76), Etten-Leur
• Ada Dorothea Jacoba Maria Velthuijsen (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Dionijsius Sparidaens (76), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Sentis (93), Susteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Aagje Johanna de Lange (76)
• Clara Maria angeline Jacqueline van de Wal (39), Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 1991 » Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1991 » Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 » Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
• 1992 » Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
• 1993 » IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1993 » Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1993 » Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
• 1996 » Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

• 2002 » Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2003 » Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
• 2008 » Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
• 2010 » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
• 2011 » Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 » Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
• 2011 » Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)

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.
• March 3 » Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006 where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
• July 4 » The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
• July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
• August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
• October 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
• December 7 » Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.

The temperature on May 16, 2005 was between 2.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.