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• Wesley Kuis († 2005)
• Leah Claire Goldberg, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Jordan Pennings, Copetown (Ontario)

• Arie Barnard (81), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Ernest Koch Jr. (81), Decatur, De Kalb, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Mantje (78), Akersloot
• Cornelia Johanna Maria van Helvert (84), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Ark (80), Scottsdale, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Karremans (71), Terheijden (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Belia Vulperhorst (84)
• Antonia Adriana Teurlinx (88), Helvoirt
• Antonia Adriana Teurlings (88), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Vermond (81), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• April 25 » Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
• July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
• November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
• December 4 » Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
• December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
• December 18 » The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.

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.