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• Yvo Sebastiaan Ni Sullock Enzlin, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)

• Agi Meijs (56), Amsterdam (NH
• Antoon (Toon) Jan Marie Fransen (75)
• A. van der Maas (83), Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anny Wagenaars (61), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Gommé (89), Ronse, België
• Bertrand Charles Georges de Galard (84)
• Catharina Ruijter (80), Laren
• Anna Bouwers (56), Schoonebeek
• Antje van Veen (85)
• Albertus van der Maas (83), Houten, 3995, Nederland

• 1991 » Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer
• 1992 » María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player
• 1992 » Sunmi, South Korean singer
• 1993 » Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper
• 1993 » Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer
• 1993 » Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist
• 1996 » Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer
• 1996 » Julian Brandt, German footballer
• 1996 » Schuyler Bailar, American swimmer
• 2015 » Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, British royal, and fourth in line to the British throne

• 2000 » Sundar Popo, Indo-Trinidadian musician (b. 1943)
• 2002 » W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Louis Rukeyser, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
• 2007 » Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
• 2008 » Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
• 2008 » Izold Pustõlnik, Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938)
• 2009 » Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1951)
• 2009 » Marilyn French, American author and academic (b. 1929)

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

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Iris
10. Isa
11. Lisa
12. Nienke
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 21 » In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
• February 2 » The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
• February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
• May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
• July 10 » Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
• 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.

The temperature on May 2, 2005 was between 10.4 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.