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• Albertus Bijl (80), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• David VERVAT (85), Apeldoorn
• Christiaan Vrijvogel (74), Vught
• Ruijgt (10)
• Anna Hubertina Lenaerts (80), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoon Braamkolk (92), Gorssel,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Daan Bakkum (60), Oegstgeest
• David Vervat (85), Apeldoorn, Gld, Nederland
• Cees Damen (63), Tilburg
• Arthur Hofmans (84), Doorn

• 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

• 1993 » Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
• 1994 » Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
• 1996 » Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 1998 » Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
• 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 » Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Tom
4. Max
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Jacob
8. Justin
9. Wouter
10. Rick
11. Lars
12. Jan
13. Daan
14. David
15. Ruben
16. Noah

1. Amber
2. Lisa
3. Maria
4. Julia
5. Emma
6. Anna
7. Laura
8. Tessa
9. Sanne
10. Iris
11. Charlotte
12. Romy
13. Fleur
14. Merel
15. Femke
16. Anouk

• 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
• February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
• April 5 » UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four Galatasaray fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two Leeds United fans.
• April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
• August 11 » An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
• August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
• December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.

The temperature on May 15, 2000 was between 10.7 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.