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Born on Friday August 12, 2005
- Joële Verschaeren, Brugge († 2005)
Died on Friday August 12, 2005
- Clasina Johanna Krop (73), Apeldoorn
- Everdina (Dina) Peek (93), Haalderen/Hulhuizen
- Augusta Maria Martha Smets (78), Arendonk (Antwerpen, BEL)
- Alida Petronella GRESNIGT (85), Ronde Venen
- Doete Boonstra
- David O'Sullivan (75), Kingston
- Arie Rijsdijk (56), Rotterdam
- Alida Petronella Gresnigt (85), Ronde Venen
- Donald Edward Holley (50), Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States
- Annigje de Leeuw (75), .........
Born on August 12
- 1992 » Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
- 1992 » Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
- 1992 » Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
- 1992 » Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
- 1993 » Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
- 1993 » Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
- 1996 » Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
- 1998 » Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
- 1999 » Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
- 2000 » Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver
Died on August 12
- 2000 » Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)
- 2002 » Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
- 2004 » Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
- 2005 » John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (b. 1946)
- 2006 » Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
- 2007 » Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925)
- 2007 » Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
- 2008 » Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
- 2008 » Helge Hagerup, Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (b. 1933)
- 2009 » Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1915)
Names that were popular for boys in 2005
- Johannes
- Jan
- Willem
- Thomas
- Pieter
- Lucas
- Daniel
- Daan
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Thijs
- Alexander
- Tom
- David
- Milan
- Tim
Names that were popular for girls in 2005
- Maria
- Anna
- Sophie
- Emma
- Juliana
- Johanna
- Alexia
- Marie
- Anne
- Elisabeth
- Julia
- Fleur
- Luana
- Lisa
- Catharina
- Eva
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2005
- 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 9 » The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
- January 25 » A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
- July 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
- 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.
- August 15 » Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
- December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
The weather on Friday August 12, 2005
The temperature on August 12, 2005 was between 10.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 40.0 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI