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• Adriana Sophia Knoppert (94), Loosduinen
• Berendina Wilhelmina Hueting (95), Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana van den Heijkant (86), Dongen
• Bertha Maria Virginie (Virgenie) Coomans (73), Leuven 3000(Belgie)
• Apolonia Minderhoud (87), Domburg, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Helena Cornelia van Iersel (83), Breda
• Auke Booi (75), Folgeren
• Anna Cornelia GOMMERS (93), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Johanna Antonia (An) van der Sanden (82)
• Chester Wayne Wolf (80), Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States

• 1989 » Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player
• 1989 » Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer
• 1990 » Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Fabian Giefer, German footballer
• 1990 » Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player
• 1990 » Katrina Hart, English runner
• 1991 » Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player
• 1991 » Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer
• 1991 » Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player

• 2001 » Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
• 2002 » László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
• 2004 » Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Cy Feuer, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1911)
• 2007 » Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (b. 1924)
• 2007 » T. K. Doraiswamy, Indian poet and author (b. 1921)

• 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 23 » The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 29 » Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.
• December 17 » Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

The temperature on May 17, 2005 was between 1.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.