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• Damian Lugies, Zwolle († 2008)
• Florian DELCROIX, Croix, 59163, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 2008)
• Amber Dooren van, Boxmeer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• A.J. Kromwijk (88)
• Anna Margaretha (Griet) van Os (81)
• Ederie T. Gaffney (83), Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Aaltje Postma (85)
• Antoon Simon Hopmans (107)
• Berthena Yancey (97), Fort Payne, De Kalb, Alabama
• Catharina Maria van Buuren (74), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Catharina van Beelen (96), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barend Blom (73)
• Aaltje (Gerrits) Postma (85), De Harkema, Friesland, Nederland

• 1991 » Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 » Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1992 » Becky Downie, English gymnast
• 1992 » Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1992 » Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur
• 1994 » Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 » Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 » Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer
• 1999 » Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
• 2012 » Princess Athena of Denmark, younger child of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

• 2002 » Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
• 2007 » Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 » Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)

1. Thomas
2. Gijs
3. Benjamin
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Daan
8. Ashton
9. Jan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Noah
13. Thijs
14. Sam
15. Albert
16. Milan

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Maria
12. Eva
13. Fleur
14. Sanneke
15. Milou
16. Nina

• 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
• April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
• April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
• June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
• August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
• September 28 » Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.
• October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

The temperature on January 24, 2008 was between 3.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.