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• Finette Suijkerlander
• Tayla Elizabeth Hardy, Gilberts, Kane County, Illinois († 2005)

• Ada Dorothea Jacoba Maria Velthuijsen (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Heesbeen (69), Brunssum
• Co de Rooij (90), De Meern,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina de Bont (84), Dongen
• Eric Jan Bulten (67), Blaricum
• Anneke Allardusdr. Kooistra (91), Wommels, Littenseradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Annigje Bolding * (92)
• Aagje Johanna de Lange (76)
• Celso Marne Kamphorst (51), Brasil
• Berend HUMMEL (83)

• 1991 » Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1991 » Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 » Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity
• 1992 » Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
• 1993 » IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1993 » Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1993 » Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
• 1996 » Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

• 2002 » Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2003 » Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
• 2005 » Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
• 2008 » Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
• 2010 » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
• 2011 » Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 » Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
• 2011 » Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)

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

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.
• February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
• April 27 » Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
• June 21 » Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
• July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
• September 24 » Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
• December 30 » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.

The temperature on May 16, 2005 was between 2.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.