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• Leah Claire Goldberg, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Cornelia Maria Petronella Jongenelen (84), Rotterdam
• Antoon VAN DER STEEN (83), Dongen (NL/NB)
• Aart Schaftenaar (74), Harderwijk
• Cornelia Johanna Maria van Helvert (84), Tilburg
• Antonia Adriana Teurlings (88), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Antoinetta Wilhelmina Leijten (79), Tilburg
• Clifford C Trinder (73)
• Cornelia Boekestijn (87), Maasland
• Alida Vermond (81), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Casper Vrolijk (72), Amsterdam

• 1989 » DeJuan Blair, American basketball player
• 1990 » Óscar González, Mexican boxer († 2014)
• 1990 » Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper and actor
• 1991 » Braydon Smith, Australian boxer († 2015)
• 1991 » Jordi Murphy, Irish international rugby player
• 1992 » Joonas Vaino, Estonian basketball player
• 1992 » Kenny Stills, American football player
• 1993 » Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Australian footballer
• 1993 » Marcel Ritzmaier, Austrian footballer
• 1993 » Ngani Laumape, New Zealand rugby player

• 2003 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2003 » James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 2004 » Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (b. 1976)
• 2005 » Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Philip Morrison, American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 2006 » D'Iberville Fortier, Canadian diplomat (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)

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.
• February 14 » Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
• March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
• July 26 » Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
• November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
• December 5 » The 6.8 M_w  Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.

The temperature on April 22, 2005 was between 0.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.