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• Blanche M (84), Portage, Kalamazoo Co. Michigan
• Claude Hamer (36), Amsterdam
• Annie Bertens
• Américo Lacerda (78), Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil
• Angèle M. R. Vanbrabant (84), Heers, België
• Benoît Ghislain Jules Marie ROLIN (76), Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Agatha Maria Miltenburg (79), Ermelo
• Eldred Collins Chandler Jr. (77), Daphne, Alabama (Baldwin Co.)
• Eke Draaisma (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertha R Hale (84)

• 1992 » Trevor Philp, Canadian alpine skier
• 1993 » Ifeoma Nwoye, Nigerian wrestler
• 1993 » Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer
• 1994 » Wallace Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1995 » Collin Seedorf, Dutch footballer
• 1996 » Christopher J. Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist
• 1996 » Daniel Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1996 » Jacob Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1996 » Michael Seaton, Jamaican footballer
• 2004 » Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer

• 2000 » Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
• 2002 » Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)
• 2003 » Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (b. 1960)
• 2003 » Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)
• 2008 » Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (b. 1917)
• 2010 » Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2011 » Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934)
• 2011 » Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920)

• 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 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
• March 28 » An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.
• May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 17 » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.

The temperature on May 1, 2005 was between 9.7 °C and 28.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.