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• Aaltje Spee (76), Haarlem
• Antonia Twent (87), Enschede
• Aartje Plonia KLEINJAN (87), Houten
• Elisabeth Nienhuis (86), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Eugenia Segers (86), Overpelt (B)
• Adrianus Marinus (Jos) SEEBREGTS (84), Tilburg (NL/NB)
• Aaldert Groote (83), Meppel
• Evers (83)
• Adrianus Caspar Zaat (83)
• Adolf Horst Merkel (74), Emmerichenhain, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

• 1992 » Joshua Ledet, American singer
• 1994 » Joey Pollari, American actor
• 1995 » Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
• 1995 » Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player
• 1995 » Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer
• 1996 » Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian international footballer, midfielder
• 1996 » Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Elle Fanning, American actress
• 1999 » Montero Lamar Hill, American rapper
• 2000 » Jackie Evancho, American singer

• 2003 » Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (b. 1949)
• 2006 » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (b. 1907)
• 2007 » Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986)
• 2010 » Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
• 2011 » Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2011 » Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, Bahraini journalist (b. 1971)
• 2012 » Malcolm Thomas, Welsh rugby player and cricketer (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
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. Sanneke
12. Fleur
13. Maria
14. Eva
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 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
• May 12 » U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
• May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
• July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
• August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
• September 20 » A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.

The temperature on April 9, 2008 was between -2.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.