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• Birgit Hannah (Birgit) Hoek, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Rick Knapen, Breda

• Adrianus Antonie KOOL (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ans de Rovers (66)
• Charlotte Marian Pasma (80), Ripon (Calif., USA)
• Catharina Petronella Magdalena Koot (80), Hillegom, Bloemswaard
• Cornelia Margaretha Vlooswijk (95)
• Corrie van Teeffelen (82), Beneden-Leeuwen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dorothy Jean "Martha" Fairchild (82), Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Frieswijk (89), Drachten
• Edwin Henry Grove (91), Newfane (Niagara County) (New York)
• Anna Gesina Maria van der Vegt (91)

• 1990 » Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player
• 1990 » Franco Zuculini, Argentinian footballer
• 1990 » Lance Stephenson, American basketball player
• 1990 » Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
• 1991 » Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer
• 1994 » Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
• 1995 » Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player
• 1996 » Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
• 1996 » Sigrid, Norwegian singer

• 2001 » Justin Wilson, American chef and author (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and academic (b. 1912)
• 2002 » David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist and astronomer (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 2005 » Roberto Viaux, Chilean general (b. 1917)
• 2007 » D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (b. 1930)
• 2007 » Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (b. 1941)
• 2007 » Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 2007 » Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
• 2007 » Thomas Hansen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1976)

• 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.
• August 2 » Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
• August 15 » The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
• September 26 » The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
• November 23 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
• November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
• 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 temperature on September 5, 2005 was between 14.3 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.