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• Dana SCHUURMAN, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• Clasina Elisabeth Brabander (89), Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augina Johanna Wilhelmina Hendrika Veddeler (92), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Alma Galster (64), -, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alma Galster (64), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Barteld Coert Tiemens (76), Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha A G F C Celina Mathys (93), Schelle
• Cornelis Dirk Schriek (76), Almere
• Augina Johanna Wilhelmina Hendrika Veddeler (92), Amsterdam
• Alida VAN VEEN (80), Bergen Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Bernard Jan Reintjes (75), Doetinchem

• 1989 » Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer († 2015)
• 1989 » Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player
• 1989 » Riley Keough, American model and actress
• 1990 » Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher
• 1992 » Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player
• 1993 » Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
• 1993 » Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
• 1993 » Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder
• 1998 » Markelle Fultz, American basketball player
• 1999 » Park Ji-hoon, South Korean singer and actor

• 1994 » Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
• 1997 » Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 1998 » Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (b. 1909)
• 2003 » David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
• 2004 » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Samuel Dash, American academic and politician (b. 1925)
• 2005 » George Rochberg, American soldier and composer (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (b. 1926)
• 2005 » John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1937)

• 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.
• May 4 » Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
• May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
• May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
• July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
• October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
• November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.

The temperature on May 29, 2000 was between 5.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.