About the day » Thursday September 8, 2005Calender converter

• Sterre Lelieveldt, Doetinchem, Nederland († 2005)
• Eline Ploegman († 2005)
• lieve van ninhuijs, maasbree

• Andrieske Wiebes van der Veen (87), Twijzelerheide
• Andrieske van der Veen (87), -
• Barbra Jane Duncan (70), Gas City, Grant, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Boele Veldman (95), Heerenveen
• Adrianus SCHELLEKENS (58), Eindhoven,,Nederland
• Anna Louise Sophia Eschauzier (76), Lunteren
• Adriana Johanna Harleman (91)
• Marie (97), Grand Rapids (Kent), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Droste (92), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Rosa Nathalie (Rosa) Francis (90), Sint-Truiden, België

• 1991 » Ignacio González, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
• 1992 » Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1993 » Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer
• 1993 » Yoshikazu Fujita, Japanese rugby union player
• 1994 » Cameron Dallas, American Internet personality
• 1994 » Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
• 1995 » Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast
• 1998 » Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver
• 2000 » Brennan Malone, American baseball pitcher

• 2001 » Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
• 2003 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 2004 » Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916)
• 2008 » Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927)

1. Tom
2. Thomas
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Bas
7. Daniel
8. Milan
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Alexander
13. Sem
14. Max
15. Bram
16. Niels

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Kierstin
8. Fleur
9. Lisa
10. Iris
11. Eva
12. Femke
13. Isa
14. Nienke
15. Felicia
16. Anouk

• 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.
• January 12 » Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
• February 14 » Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
• July 26 » Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• August 14 » Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
• October 19 » Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
• October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.

The temperature on September 8, 2005 was between 12.8 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.