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• Andries Godeschalk (79), Ameide
• Cornelis van den Beukel (81), 's-Gravenzande
• Clyde Bevin Allred (85), Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States
• D. Elizabeth Hughes Piercy (85), Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia
• Bernard Oliver WILKINSON (93), Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America
• David L Otto (68)
• Anna den Dulk (76), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius (Cornie) de Jong (94)
• Cornelis van den Beukel (81), Monster
• Christina Maria Hoogervorst (83), Ter Aar (Langeraar)

• 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

• 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)
• 2006 » Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2007 » Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Lars
7. Sem
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Bram
14. Martijn
15. Niels
16. Tom

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
11. Femke
12. Julia
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Noa

• 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 16.2 million citizens.
• January 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
• March 17 » Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• April 9 » Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
• July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
• November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
• December 23 » PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.

The temperature on May 29, 2003 was between 10.2 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.