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• ELLA LOTTE MAAT, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Bertha Schoonaert (95), Brasschaat, België
• Dirk Drost (79)
• Doortje Schelde, van de (91), Zierikzee
• Beryl Juanita Bracher (100), Victoria, Australia
• Cornelia Maria Petronella van Gils (85), Goirle
• Cornelia Maria Petronella van Gils (85), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Drost (85), Ede
• Anna Maria Adriana Leonarda Hoek (79), Leiden
• Elisabeth Mulder (94), Sao Paolo (BRA)
• Adam Sluis (84)

• 1991 » Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
• 1991 » Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver
• 1991 » Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer, midfielder
• 1992 » Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer
• 1993 » Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 » Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer, defender
• 1995 » Calum Chambers, English footballer, defender
• 1995 » Joey Badass, American rapper and actor

• 2002 » Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)
• 2003 » Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 2003 » Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919)
• 2004 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
• 2009 » Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)

• 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 6 » American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
• January 29 » The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
• February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
• October 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
• December 6 » An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
• December 15 » Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.

The temperature on January 20, 2005 was between 6.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.