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• Alma Gertrude Kallemeyn (93), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Abeltje van den Akker (88), Balk, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Adolfsen (78), Losser, 7582, Nederland
• Agnes Antonia Maria Maseland (74), Amsterdam
• Christopher Henri FRASER (36)
• Berendina Wilhelmina Slotboom
• Arigje Blokland (79), Midden-Delfland
• Branca Kohnhorst (66), Eersel, 5521, Nederland
• Alida Johanna van Os (92), Noordwijk
• Bartholomeus van der Valk (74), Weesp

• 1988 » Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
• 1988 » Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
• 1989 » Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer
• 1989 » Simone Battle, American singer and actress († 2014)
• 1990 » Jordan Henderson, English footballer
• 1990 » Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1994 » Amari Cooper, American football player
• 1995 » Clément Lenglet, French footballer

• 2001 » Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)
• 2004 » Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
• 2007 » Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
• 2007 » Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Bas
7. Milan
8. Daniel
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Bram
13. Niels
14. Sem
15. Max
16. Alexander

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Isa
10. Iris
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 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.
• April 6 » Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
• October 15 » A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested.
• October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
• 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 June 17, 2005 was between 17.3 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.