About the day » Wednesday May 4, 2005Calender converter

• Antonius Nicolaas REIJN (81), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Brechtje Koopmans (86), Sneek
• Arentje Johanna Leemhuis (77), Vlaardingen
• Anna Elisabeth (Beth) Kessels (100), Tegelen
• bastiaan VINK (74), nieuw-beijerland
• Dirk Augustin Pipeleers (37), Sterrebeek, België
• Cornelis Maria Hoppenbrouwer (74), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egbert Horst, Yde (Vries)
• Delores Nadine Thrasher (70), Florida
• Angenietus Marius Pannekoek (66), Vlaardingen

• 1990 » Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver
• 1990 » Irina Falconi, American tennis player
• 1990 » Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
• 1992 » Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
• 1993 » Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1994 » Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 » Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
• 1997 » Max King, Australian rugby league player

• 2000 » Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Bonnie Lee Bakley, American model, wife of Robert Blake (b. 1956)
• 2004 » David Reimer, Canadian victim of a botched circumcision and transgender reassignment surgery (b. 1965)
• 2005 » David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (b. 1918)
• 2009 » Dom DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1933)
• 2011 » Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (b. 1964)
• 2012 » Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923)

• 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.
• January 6 » A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
• February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
• April 9 » Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
• April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
• July 2 » The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
• September 8 » Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.

The temperature on May 4, 2005 was between 9.0 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.