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• Cees Kwakman († 2006)

• Antoon Everd van Groesen (82), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirkje Lobs (76), Oegstgeest
• Arie Hoogendoorn (95)
• Andrietta Ackerman (85), Oisterwijk
• Auke Kuipers (64)
• Arie Hoogendoorn (95)
• Antonia Johanna Franck (78), Oegstgeest
• Albertus Martinus van der Kroon (87), 't Zand, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Meer (90), Maarn
• Adrianus Mostert (70), Nijkerk

• 1990 » Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
• 1990 » Kennie Chopart, Danish footballer
• 1990 » Martin Pembleton, English footballer
• 1990 » Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
• 1991 » Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Sam Anas, American ice hockey player
• 1994 » Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1996 » Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1996 » Tom Holland, English actor
• 1999 » Dmitri Aliev, Russian figure skater

• 2001 » Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (b. 1920)
• 2001 » notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre
• 2002 » Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
• 2004 » William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)
• 2005 » George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2005 » Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (b. 1902)
• 2006 » Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2007 » Tony Thompson, American singer and songwriter (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)
• 2008 » Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician, 17th Justice Minister of Israel (b. 1931)
• 2008 » Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)

• 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 2 » The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
• July 26 » Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
• August 17 » Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
• 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 18 » The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.

The temperature on June 1, 2005 was between 3.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.