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• Dante SMITHUIS, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Catharina Ros (96), Den Haag(ZH)
• Arie Verschoor (73), Rotterdam
• Arie van Rij (100), Roden, Netherlands
• Doris May FREEMAN (BROUGH) (97), Stoke On Trent
• Ethel Lueck (89)
• Catharina Elisabeth Martijn (67), Den Helder
• Elza Vandamme (80)
• Gerarda Leeuw (89), Cozes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
• Dirk Kieft (82)
• Albertus Vos (88), Klazienaveen, Emmen

• 1988 » Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player
• 1989 » Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
• 1989 » Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1990 » Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
• 1992 » Naomi Ackie, British actress
• 1994 » Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
• 1995 » Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete, olympic champion
• 1997 » Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer
• 1998 » Elkie Chong, Hong Kong singer and actress

• 2000 » Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
• 2004 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957)
• 2005 » Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
• 2007 » Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
• 2007 » The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923)
• 2008 » Madelyn Dunham, American banker and business executive (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (b. 1915)

• 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 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
• January 9 » Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
• February 2 » The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
• April 22 » Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
• September 24 » Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
• October 29 » Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.

The temperature on November 2, 2005 was between 6.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.