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• Robin Blondeau, Den Haag
• Essi HENDRIKS

• Adriana Jannetje Pauline Feelëus (83), Oosterend
• David Michael Wells (53), Georgia, United States
• Ada Irene Borden Wood (74), Isle of Pines, Cuba
• Arie Hendrik in't Veld (84), Calgary
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Kastel (83), Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus Smetsers (87), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ester C Mindlin (93), Brasil
• Alicia Dymphna Maria Rubbens (89), Zele
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Simons (85), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cor Mulders (78), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1992 » Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist
• 1992 » Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
• 1993 » Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
• 1994 » Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
• 1996 » Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
• 1997 » Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
• 1998 » Jasmine Armfield, English actress
• 1998 » Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer

• 2002 » K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
• 2003 » Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic († 1936)
• 2005 » Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935)
• 2008 » Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1955)
• 2008 » Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
• 2008 » Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)

• 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 3 » Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006 where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
• July 26 » Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• September 12 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.
• September 30 » Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
• October 19 » Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
• October 19 » Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

The temperature on December 17, 2005 was between -0.9 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.