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• Douwina Lippold (66)
• Anna Roodhof (83), Breda
• Abraham Verhage (74), Vlissingen, Nederland
• Eleanor Sophia Von Brausieck (94), Liverpool, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Bertus Harmsen (94), Almen
• Andreas Cornelis Willem Wittens (74), s'Hertogenbosch
• Aart Johannes Pellen (72), Julianadorp
• Aaltjen Ruiterkamp (93), Lochem
• Emma Mishler (93), Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
• Catharina Euphemia Maria Scholte (88)

• 1990 » Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
• 1990 » Tony McQuay, American sprinter
• 1990 » Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
• 1991 » Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
• 1991 » Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
• 1993 » Chance the Rapper, American rapper
• 1993 » Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater
• 1994 » Albert Almora, American baseball player
• 1994 » Will Fuller, American football player
• 2002 » Sadie Sink, American actress

• 2002 » Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
• 2002 » Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 2007 » Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist
• 2007 » Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
• 2007 » Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
• 2007 » Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Daan
4. Thijs
5. Lucas
6. Bas
7. Milan
8. Daniel
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Alexander
13. Sem
14. Bram
15. Niels
16. Max

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Iris
10. Nienke
11. Lisa
12. Isa
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 29 » The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
• February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
• April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
• June 30 » MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
• September 7 » Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
• October 15 » A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested.

The temperature on April 16, 2005 was between 6.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.