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• Jadzia Marie Renaud, DePaul Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2020)

• Eileen (93)
• Antonius Lambertus van de Veerdonk (80), Berlicum
• Dick van der Schaaf (59)
• Bernice van den Heuvel (74), Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Clayton Peter Girardin (71)
• Anthonia Hendrika Kat (87)
• Cornelis Antonius Maria Koolen (71), Vught
• Catharina Theodora Sonneveld (92), Delft,-
• Aaltjen Nijland (97), Deventer, P.W. Janssen Verpl
• Cornelis van der Plas (58), Katwijk

• 1988 » Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1989 » Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer
• 1990 » Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer
• 1991 » Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker
• 1992 » Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Allen Robinson, American football player
• 1995 » Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
• 1996 » Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguayan tennis player
• 2001 » Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 2000 » Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 » Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)
• 2003 » Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)

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.
• January 6 » A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
• February 2 » The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
• May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
• July 29 » Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
• August 17 » The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
• August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

The temperature on August 24, 2005 was between 8.3 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.