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Died on Sunday January 2, 2005
- Anna Catharina Kan (87), Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
- "Francine" Marie José Ghislaine Barbe Alfred Le Grelle (59), Tervuren, Belgique
- Cornelia Sparling (91), Zwijndrecht
- Bertha Meijer (92)
- Anna van Welzen (92), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Coleta Juliana Souwens (97), Sint-Truiden, België
- Cornelia Wijn (88), Breda
- Anna Catharina Adriana Kan (85), Oosterbeek
- Andre Hubert van de Beek (85), Roermond
- Adriana Hendrina Wilhelmina Maria Nollen (90), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on January 2
- 1977 » Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1977 » Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
- 1979 » Jonathan Greening English footballer
- 1981 » Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
- 1983 » Kate Bosworth, American actress
- 1987 » Robert Milsom, English footballer
- 1988 » Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
- 1992 » Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
- 1992 » Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentinian footballer, goalkeeper
- 1998 » Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
Died on January 2
- 2001 » William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913)
- 2005 » Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
- 2006 » Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
- 2006 » Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
- 2007 » A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
- 2007 » Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
- 2007 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
- 2008 » George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)
- 2008 » Lee S. Dreyfus, American sailor, academic, and politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)
- 2009 » Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2005
- 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 15 » ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
- March 26 » Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
- April 22 » Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
- August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
- December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- December 24 » Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
Weather January 2, 2005
The temperature on January 2, 2005 was between 5.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.