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• Damian Yannick Wieffering

• Christian van der Stel (84), Michigan, United States
• Edgard Robben
• Dion van Grunsven (8), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Heijstek (87), Middelburg
• Adolf Lodewijk Nienhuis (89), Borgercompagnie, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Sibilla (Billa) Vromen (81), Heerlen
• Catharina Bellemans (93), Roosendaal
• Cornelis W.A. Hartsuiker (50)
• Betty Mae Ryder (76), Mountain View Specialty Care Nursing Center, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• Anna De Laet (74), Bazel

• 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

• 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)
• 2008 » Paula Gunn Allen, Native American writer (b. 1939)

• 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.
• March 2 » War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
• May 2 » The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.
• June 5 » Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
• June 28 » Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
• October 27 » The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.

The temperature on May 29, 2004 was between 4.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.