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Born on Tuesday February 8, 2005
- Sara Elisabeth Maria Margaretha Nelis, Delft
- Victoria Stel, Mönchengladbach, Duitsland († 2005)
- Kamiel Engelbos († 2023)
- Kevin Pieter Thijsseling, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
Died on Tuesday February 8, 2005
- Aafje Kop (75), Den Burg
- Bart Eldert Rietveld (76), Rotterdam
- Auke Rintjes Jellema (94), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
- Ad Bammens (81), 's-Hertogenbosch
- Alida Hendrika Sjoumenta Bouman (97), Lenox, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Cornelis Ausma (72)
- Anna Carmela Josephine Azzopardi (99), Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Doris Jean EADE (92)
- Annabelle Jean Austin (75), Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Christina Maria Johanna Homan (65)
Born on February 8
- 1990 » Emily Scarratt, English rugby union player
- 1991 » Aristidis Soiledis, Greek footballer
- 1991 » Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer and actor with the boy band Infinite.
- 1991 » Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer
- 1992 » Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer
- 1992 » Carl Jenkinson, English-Finnish footballer
- 1994 » Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1994 » Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1995 » Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
- 1996 » Kenedy, Brazilian footballer
Died on February 8
- 2001 » Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- 2002 » Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)
- 2004 » Julius Schwartz, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
- 2005 » A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan sailor and politician (b. 1944)
- 2006 » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
- 2006 » Elton Dean, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)
- 2006 » Thierry Fortineau, French actor (b. 1953)
- 2007 » Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (b. 1967)
- 2007 » Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1918)
- 2008 » Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian (b. 1931)
Names that were popular for boys in 2005
- Thomas
- Tom
- Thijs
- Daan
- Lucas
- Bas
- Milan
- Daniel
- Tim
- Ian
- Lars
- Niels
- Sem
- Max
- Bram
- Alexander
Names that were popular for girls in 2005
- Emma
- Alexia
- Anna
- Sophie
- Floor
- Julia
- Fleur
- Kierstin
- Iris
- Isa
- Nienke
- Lisa
- Eva
- Femke
- Anouk
- Felicia
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.
- February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
- April 6 » Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
- May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
- May 13 » Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan; Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.
- August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
- December 11 » The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
Weather February 8, 2005
The temperature on February 8, 2005 was between -5.4 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.