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• Dirkina Snijder (93), Emmeloord, Flevoland, The Netherlands
• Ans de Bruin (81), Almere, Flevoland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Henricus Reukers (66), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannes Lucas (86), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Eras (91), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertha Zwiers (77), Blokzijl
• Anna Maria Vendrig (87), Haastrecht
• Cornelis Baatenburg de Jong (81)
• Cornelis Baatenburg de Jong (81)
• Dirkina Snijder (93), Emmeloord, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Nederland

• 1989 » Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman
• 1991 » Sören Bertram, German footballer
• 1992 » Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
• 1992 » Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
• 1993 » Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Ross Wilson, English table tennis player
• 1995 » Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber
• 1997 » Sam Darnold, American football player
• 1998 » Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater

• 2000 » Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1945)
• 2003 » Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2004 » Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
• 2005 » Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)

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. Tom
14. Martijn
15. Johannes
16. Niels

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

• 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 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
• February 1 » Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
• February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
• August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
• August 27 » The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
• October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.

The temperature on June 5, 2003 was between 9.1 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.