About the day » Sunday January 16, 2005Calender converter

• Earl Raymond Westover (88), Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA
• Bontje de Wit (80), Goulburn-NSW-Australia
• Cornelia Johanna Elisabeth Wagtmans (52), Roosendaal
• Adrianus Jacobus Willemen (96), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aris Rentenaar (60)
• Doreen Violet ? (72)
• Annetje Jakobs Bout (99), Huizen
• Aaltje de Boer (85)
• Dorothy Mary Alfred (80), Lexington Park (USA)
• Anne Koree (77)

• 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
• 1991 » Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
• 1993 » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
• 1994 » Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
• 1996 » Kim Jennie, Korean singer
• 1998 » Cameron Murray, Australian rugby league player
• 2003 » Adriana Hernández, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 2001 » Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939)
• 2002 » Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
• 2003 » Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
• 2006 » Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
• 2009 » Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (b. 1930)
• 2009 » John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (b. 1923)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Daan
4. Thijs
5. Lucas
6. Milan
7. Bas
8. Daniel
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Alexander
13. Niels
14. Max
15. Sem
16. Bram

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Iris
10. Isa
11. Nienke
12. Lisa
13. Eva
14. Femke
15. Anouk
16. Felicia

• 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 12 » Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
• April 22 » Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
• July 4 » The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
• July 7 » A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
• August 15 » Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
• December 4 » Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.

The temperature on January 16, 2005 was between -2.2 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.