About the day » Thursday September 8, 2005Calender converter

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• Eline Ploegman († 2005)
• Sterre Lelieveldt, Doetinchem, Nederland († 2005)

• Dennis Huisman (51)
• Dianne Kaye Albertson (54), Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, United States
• Agnes Gerarda Maria de Haas (56), Baarle-Nassau
• An Boekema (75), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriana Gerarda Maria Kortekaas (63), Delft
• Alice Rosa Nathalie (Rosa) Francis (90), Sint-Truiden, België
• Annie Nicoline SPRONK (91), Maarssen
• Dayton Ogden (92), New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut
• Andrieske Wiebes van der Veen (87), Twijzelerheide
• Barbra Jane Duncan (70), Gas City, Grant, Indiana, Verenigde Staten

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

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

• 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.
• February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
• February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
• March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
• April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
• April 25 » Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
• November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

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.