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• David Karel Altena, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Jip Papen († 2010)
• Caleb Frederick van der Laan, Allen, Texas
• Daan Olivier, dordrecht († 2005)

• Anne Maat (77)
• Constant Josephus Evaristus Sanen (85), Montenaken, België
• Anna Petronella Timmermans (87), Raamsdonkveer
• Cornelie Marie Jeanne WEIDEMA (93), Bilthoven, 5379, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christiaan Sjollema (87), Nieuw Loosdrecht (gem. Wijdemeren)
• Cornelie Marie Jeanne Weidema (93), Bilthoven (UTR) The Netherlands
• Anna Petronella Timmermans (87), Raamsdonkveeer
• Antonius Te Meij (87), Amstelveen
• Antje Plugboer (89), Hoorn
• Cornelis den Hoedt (86), Zwijndrecht

• 1987 » Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
• 1988 » Jenni Asserholt, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 » Kim Myung-sung, South Korean baseball player
• 1990 » Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer († 2017)
• 1993 » Viktor Arvidsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1993 » Zac Santo, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Josh Chudleigh, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Cedi Osman, Turkish professional basketball player
• 1997 » Arno Verschueren, Belgian professional football player
• 1997 » Saygrace, Australian singer and songwriter

• 2000 » František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)
• 2002 » Harvey Quaytman, American painter (b. 1937)
• 2002 » María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Werner Schumacher, German actor (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Onna White, Canadian choreographer and dancer (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 2008 » Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
• 2009 » Richard de Mille, American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (b. 1922)

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. Isa
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.
• March 3 » James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
• April 23 » The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
• August 3 » President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
• August 14 » Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
• November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
• December 15 » Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.

The temperature on April 8, 2005 was between 3.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.