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• Isabella Reinouda Johanna Bos, Oudeschild († 2005)
• Koen Mathijs Derix, Helmond
• Jayden Richard Lenting, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
• Isabella Reinouda Johanna Bos, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2005)

• Beverley Mary BERWICK (71), Coombambah, Queensland, Australia
• Donald James Best (71)
• Christiaan Coenraad Koets (81)
• Elisabeth Mary Theresa Boek (62)
• Alexander Jeremias Bouwman (94), Almelo
• Dan Meulbroek (99), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Adriana Helena Wensveen (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Delbert Samuel Todd **** (74), Garland, Dallas, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Carroll Anson Fraser [K Bu] (83)
• Alice Watson (78)

• 1979 » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), Canadian musician
• 1982 » Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
• 1984 » Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter
• 1985 » Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 » Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
• 1988 » Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist
• 1988 » Luke Daniels, English footballer
• 1989 » Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
• 1990 » Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player

• 1998 » Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)
• 2000 » Kumar Ponnambalam, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 2003 » Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Merlyn Rees, Welsh educator and politician, Home Secretary (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (b. 1910)
• 2009 » Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Kenneth Noland, American painter (b. 1924)
• 2010 » Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer (b. 1928)
• 2012 » Isaac Díaz Pardo, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1920)

• 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 6 » A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
• January 21 » In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
• 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.
• August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
• October 19 » Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
• 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.

The temperature on January 5, 2005 was between 3.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.