About the day » Friday January 21, 2005Calender converter

• Sophie Anne de Vries, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Lisa Voortman, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 2005)

• Christianus Cornelius van Elderen (93), Lommel, België
• Acyr Lambert (85), Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil
• André Vermeersch (78), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Margaretha Plagge (97), Ter Apel, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna COENEN (87), Genk,3600,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus│Aad Nijgh (67), Katwijk
• Adrianus Nijgh (67), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Huizer (70), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Attje (Agnes) Dijkstra (88), Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Christoffel Visscher (94)

• 1995 » Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
• 1995 » Yulia Belorukova, Russian cross-country skier
• 1996 » Aldo Kalulu, French footballer
• 1996 » Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer
• 1996 » Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
• 1997 » Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer
• 1998 » Borna Sosa, Croatian footballer
• 1999 » Rubina Ali, Indian actress
• 2003 » Natalie Garcia, rhythmic gymnast
• 2004 » Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, 2nd in line for the Norwegian throne

• 2002 » Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
• 2003 » Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 2005 » John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)
• 2006 » Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
• 2009 » Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)
• 2010 » Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (b. 1953)

• 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.
• March 28 » An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.
• April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
• April 27 » Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
• May 21 » The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
• October 28 » I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is indicted due to his involvement in the Plame affair.
• October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.

The temperature on January 21, 2005 was between 3.8 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.