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• Pepijn David WINK († 2005)

• Antonia Adriana Leijten (87), Gilze en Rijen
• Clarence Liston (84), Clinton, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Agada Zuijderduijn (76), Katwijk
• Bernardus Beatrix Irene Wildenburg (63), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Elsie Willodean Harness "Willie" (77), Marshall, Searcy, Arkansas
• Cornelia Jannette Maria van den Wijngaard (48), den Haag
• Arthur Dobler (97), Stockton, San Joaquin, California, Verenigde Staten
• Dik Visser (70), Heukelum West Betuwe (GL)
• Feikje Bijlsma (90), Apeldoorn
• Antoinette Maria van Berkom (84), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1989 » Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1991 » Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
• 1991 » Emre Colak, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer
• 1992 » Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player
• 1992 » Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1993 » Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
• 1996 » Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
• 1998 » Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater

• 2000 » Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)
• 2005 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)
• 2005 » William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)
• 2009 » Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Lucy Gordon, American actress and model (b. 1980)
• 2009 » Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)

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 25 » A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
• April 23 » The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
• April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
• July 10 » Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
• July 26 » Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• October 19 » Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

The temperature on May 20, 2005 was between 13.1 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.