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• Jesper Heesters, Almere

• David Earl Bishop (59), Salem, Marion County, Oregon, United States of America
• Cornelis Petrus Sitters (70), Noordhoek
• Ethel Mary Struik (82), Enkhuizen
• Eric Joost Welling (47), Köln (Duitsland)
• Eva Mae Schleben (56), Bismarck Township, Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States of America
• Anna Sijgje Bras (96), Dordrecht
• Claire Mathilde Hélène POUTEAU (79), Soignies (Zinnik), Henegouwen, België
• Daniël Cornelis Johannes Marie Peeters (73), Emmen
• Douwe Feikes Damstra (84), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Eleonore Maria Anthonia Josepha-Nepomukena Philippa van Goëss (76), Grafenstein

• 1993 » Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete
• 1994 » Tom Daley, English diver
• 1995 » Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor
• 1995 » Katharina Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian
• 1996 » Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player
• 1996 » Josh Allen, American footballer
• 1996 » Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player
• 1997 » Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer
• 1997 » Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer
• 1997 » Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter

• 2002 » Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Frank D. White, American captain, banker, and politician, 41st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1933)
• 2005 » Deborah Berger, American outsider artist (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Howard Morris, American actor and director (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Stephen Elliott, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Billy Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and author (b. 1909)
• 2006 » Spencer Clark, American race car driver (b. 1987)

1. Samuel
2. Thomas
3. Sam
4. Lucas
5. Sem
6. Jelle
7. Daan
8. Lars
9. Niels
10. Claus-casimir
11. Tim
12. Thijs
13. Noah
14. Max
15. Johannes
16. Nick

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Lotte
6. Isa
7. Anne
8. Iris
9. Lisa
10. Chiara
11. Femke
12. Ameila
13. Julia
14. Noa
15. Charlotte
16. Anouk

• 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.
• January 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
• February 4 » Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
• February 12 » The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
• May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
• August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
• November 7 » Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

The temperature on May 21, 2004 was between 6.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.