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• Cornelia (Corrie) Kap (64)
• Francisca Diamant (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berentje Ruurds de Vries (93), Heerenveen, Nederland
• Adrianus Plooij (88), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Gabe van der Zee (71), Appelscha, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes van Beers (64), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Derwin Buehler
• Hendrikus W.E. van Leeuwen (58)
• Claude Barraclough (75), Katikati, Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
• Darlene DE MAAYER (55), Antwerpen (BE)

• 1991 » Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer († 2016)
• 1991 » Mike Trout, American baseball player
• 1991 » Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Adam Yates, English cyclist
• 1992 » E. J. Tackett, American bowler
• 1992 » Simon Yates, English cyclist
• 1993 » Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
• 1993 » Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
• 1998 » María Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer
• 1998 » Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver

• 2005 » Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Mary Anderson Bain, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
• 2007 » Angus Tait, New Zealand businessman, founded Tait Communications (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Andrea Pininfarina, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1957)
• 2008 » Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (b. 1931)
• 2009 » Louis E. Saavedra, American educator and politician, 48th Mayor of Albuquerque (b. 1933)
• 2009 » Mike Seeger, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2010 » John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)
• 2011 » Mark Hatfield, American soldier, academic, and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (b. 1922)

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

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Maria
12. Sanneke
13. Fleur
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.
• January 18 » The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• March 19 » GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
• April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
• June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
• August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
• December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

The temperature on August 7, 2008 was between 16.5 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.