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• Silke Trijnke van Dijk († 2005)
• Siem Willem Max Rutjes, Doetinchem
• Rosalie Elisabeth de Gier, Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Max Ouwehand, unbekannt († 2005)

• Arij Bos (72), Harderwijk
• Arie Schinkel (70)
• Arne Schelde Hjort (72)
• Aleida Johanna Peters (84), nijmegen
• Anne Bekkema (69), Drachten
• Bernard van Spitaels (93), MARCHIENE AUX PONT
• Albertus Cornelis Thomassen (88), Heteren,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoon Alfons AMBAGTSHEER (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Peters (84), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Berend Hoff (83), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1988 » Hoodie Allen, American rapper
• 1988 » Kirk Cousins, American football player
• 1988 » Veronica Roth, American author
• 1989 » Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor
• 1990 » Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer
• 1994 » Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist
• 1994 » Guadalupe Pérez Rojas, Argentinian tennis player
• 1994 » Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete and heptathlete
• 1995 » Dylan Phythian, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 » Hsu Ching-wen, Taiwanese tennis player

• 2000 » Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet, author, and educator (b. 1948)
• 2000 » Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
• 2005 » Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1949)
• 2008 » Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (b. 1948)
• 2009 » Don Hewitt, American television producer, created 60 Minutes (b. 1922)
• 2011 » Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (b. 1941)
• 2012 » Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921)

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

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Isa
10. Iris
11. Lisa
12. Nienke
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 9 » The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
• February 8 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.
• March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
• April 27 » Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
• July 21 » July 2005 London bombings occur.
• November 9 » The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The temperature on August 19, 2005 was between 15.3 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.