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• Albert Middelkoop (92), Sliedrecht
• Cornelia Theodora de Jong (85)
• Aaltje van Leeuwen (78)
• Edgard Mathijs (79), Sint-Truiden, België
• Bruce Cropton FLECK (80), Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australië
• Albert Kennes (83), Heusden(Zolder), Limburg, Belgie
• Dingena (Diny) van den Akker (75), Noord Scharwou
• Dirkje Weima (92)
• Charlotte Veronica Oakley (87)
• Adriana Bakker (85)

• 1989 » Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player
• 1990 » Myk Perez, Filipino singer
• 1991 » Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer
• 1991 » Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player
• 1992 » Nathan Kress, American actor and director
• 1992 » Steven Skrzybski, German footballer
• 1993 » Zhang Zetian, Chinese businesswoman and investor
• 1994 » Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter
• 1994 » Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer
• 1994 » Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin professional tennis player

• 1999 » Paul Bowles, American composer and author (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Walter Matuszczak, Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (b. 1918)
• 2002 » James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (b. 1905)
• 2005 » Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2009 » Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 2010 » Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1937)
• 2010 » Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Tom
4. Thijs
5. Lucas
6. Bas
7. Milan
8. Daniel
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Bram
13. Sem
14. Niels
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 18 » The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
• June 21 » Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
• October 19 » Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
• October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
• December 4 » Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
• December 15 » Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.

The temperature on November 18, 2005 was between -1.6 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.