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• Andrea Hagen Fasteraune, Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norge († 2001)

• Cornelia Suurland (91), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Th. Raasing (79), Groesen-Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• David HALL (30)
• Albert Anne Klazes Ploegh (82), Weidum, Littenseradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• David Thomas Wills (39), Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
• "Louis-Joseph" Marie Jacques Boudoux d'Hautefeuille (86)
• Alida Johanna Doppenberg (86)
• Beulah van de Wege (87), Greenville
• Anthonie van Steendelaar (81), Soest
• Eeftje van Kampen (69)

• 1984 » Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
• 1984 » Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
• 1985 » Jordy Nelson, American football player
• 1986 » Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
• 1989 » Marco Reus, German footballer
• 1990 » Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1992 » Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
• 1992 » Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1996 » Normani Korde, American singer
• 1998 » Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver

• 1996 » Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (b. 1912)
• 2000 » A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (b. 1928)
• 2000 » Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1936)
• 2000 » Tito Puente, American jazz musician (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Arlene Francis, American actress, talk show host, game show panelist, and television personality (b. 1907)
• 2002 » Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1954)
• 2004 » Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)

• 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 16.0 million citizens.
• February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
• February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
• March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
• April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
• October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
• December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The temperature on May 31, 2001 was between 9.1 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.