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• Joost van Assenbergh, Apeldoorn
• Senn Altena, Slagharen († 2005)

• Anna de Meer (80), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna de Meer (80), -
• Anna Maria Hendrica Damen (94)
• Albert RAS (61)
• Adelaide de Souza Bittencourt (78)
• Aaltje de Jager (78), Drachten
• Anthony de Jager (76), Grand Rapids, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Petrus Adrianus van der Zandt (78), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan Janson (73), Breezand
• Anna Josephina Wolters (83), Maastricht, Nederland

• 1990 » Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
• 1991 » Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
• 1991 » Cho-rong, South Korean singer
• 1993 » Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
• 1993 » James Roberts, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker
• 1994 » Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress
• 1996 » Cameron Johnson, American basketball player
• 1997 » Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer
• 1998 » Jayson Tatum, American basketball player

• 2002 » G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2003 » Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
• 2003 » Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1923)
• 2006 » William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (b. 1914)
• 2007 » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)

• 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 15 » ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
• March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
• April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
• September 24 » Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
• September 26 » The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
• October 28 » I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is indicted due to his involvement in the Plame affair.

The temperature on March 3, 2005 was between -7.8 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.