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• Celiean van Asselt, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2004)
• Dominique Jeanaero Angelique Elisa Jones, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elias Claessen (° Vervliet), Antwerpen

• Cornelis Adrianus van Velzen (75), Hilversum
• Doedtje Harings Hylkema (88), Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Engel Koek (92), Gorinchem
• * Jan Hendrik Blokker (90), Hillegom
• Engel Koek (92), Gorinchem
• Eleonore Karolina Amalia Leitner (90), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Doetje Harings Hielkema (88), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Wijmans (91), Steenbergen
• Arie Anthonie van Haaften (81), Giessen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Cornelis Kurvers (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 » Jon Schofield, English canoe racer
• 1985 » Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Wilson Chandler, American basketball player
• 1990 » Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper
• 1990 » Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1995 » Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
• 1995 » Missy Franklin, American swimmer
• 1996 » Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player
• 1996 » Tyus Jones, American basketball player

• 1999 » Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator
• 2000 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (b. 1934)
• 2002 » Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937)
• 2006 » Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)
• 2008 » Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
• 2010 » Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (b. 1928)

• 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 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 16.3 million citizens.
• February 5 » Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
• March 29 » Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
• June 21 » SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
• July 16 » Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
• September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
• December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 M_w  Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

The temperature on May 10, 2004 was between 10.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.