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• Mendel Oberländer († 2012)

• Bertha jacquet (62), Sint-Truiden, België
• Adriana Janna Lavooy (67)
• Charles Linwood Foster **** (82), Alamance County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Lavrijsen (77), Bladel
• Arie BREDIUS (65), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus BÜHRS (76), Amsterdam (Noord Holland) (NL)
• Aloise Metsu (68), Oostende (B), België
• Albert Berns (82), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Adrianus NOORDERGRAAF (52), Vlist en Bonrepas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertus Bos (77), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1965 » Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
• 1967 » Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews
• 1971 » Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 1977 » Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer
• 1981 » Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author
• 1982 » Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
• 1983 » Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.
• 1984 » Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 » Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
• 1997 » Jelena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

• 1982 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1987 » Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)
• 1997 » George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)
• 1998 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
• 1998 » Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
• 2000 » Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)
• 2001 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Kevin
5. Patrick
6. Michael
7. Dennis
8. Martijn
9. Mark
10. Cornelis
11. Tim
12. Rick
13. Niels
14. Robin
15. Robert
16. David

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anne
4. Maria
5. Joyce
6. Anna
7. Jessica
8. Michelle
9. Amy
10. Stephanie
11. Kim
12. Nicole
13. Sarah
14. Melissa
15. Esther
16. Johanna

• 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
• April 10 » A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
• May 21 » Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
• June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
• August 19 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
• August 21 » Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
• October 14 » Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The temperature on June 8, 1991 was between 9.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.