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• Aaltje Sieders (91), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betty Lee Spruill Speight [Ks] (85), Living
• Antonie Caro (85), Hengelo
• Anna Ida Henrica Janssen (81), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Koppelaar (90), Sliedrecht
• Arendina Hendrika Maria Schuppert (92), Hellendoorn
• Bernadette Marguerite Dupont (98), Pleumartin, Vienne, France
• Aaltje (Alie) Timmerman (71), Oldemarkt
• Aloísio Rodolfo Michels (75), Rio do Oeste, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna MOOIBROEK (83), Apeldoorn Gelderland Netherlands

• 1992 » Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
• 1992 » Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
• 1993 » Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
• 1993 » Darrell Wallace, Jr., American race car driver
• 1993 » Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
• 1993 » Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
• 1996 » Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
• 1996 » Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
• 1997 » Bella Thorne, American actress
• 1999 » Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

• 2001 » Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
• 2004 » James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
• 2006 » Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
• 2007 » Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938)
• 2008 » Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
• 2008 » George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

• 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 » Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
• March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
• May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
• May 21 » The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
• November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
• November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

The temperature on October 8, 2005 was between 8.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.